Reps give Ibadan, Benin, Port Harcourt DisCos 72-hour ultimatum over ₦100bn debt
The lawmakers said the companies have repeatedly failed to honour the committee's summons.
The lawmakers said the companies have repeatedly failed to honour the committee's summons.
The hospital has suffered persistent power outages due to unpaid electricity debt owed to the IBEDC.
The workers began the action by locking the gates to the IBEDC office at Leme in Abeokuta.
Mr Olabampe recalls that the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) disconnected the hospital on 25 November 2024, due to accumulated ...
For too long, this premier tertiary hospital established in 1957, has been, as it were, on a sick bed waiting ...
This recent incident is a recurring issue, as the hospital faced a similar blackout in March which lasted for 16 ...
A leader of the protest said the action was to make a statement and let the Federal Government know that ...
The nation’s electricity market was previously centralised until the presidential assent to the amendment of relevant portions of the Nigerian ...
The electricity company insisted that UCH must pay its debt as agreed or risk disconnection from the power grid again.
Kwara State government begs IBEDC to improve power supply
Nosimot Alalade, who resides at No. 5, Amadiya Street, Olomore area of Abeokuta, was arraigned on Friday.
The scrap collector died while he was attempting to steal electrical cables from a transformer in the area.
A non-clinical staff member, who also requested anonymity, confirmed that patients had started paying the fees since Monday, July 4, ...
The hospital’s spokesman, Mr Akinrinola said; “We need diesel, so Nigerians should focus on helping us rather than castigating us ...
“All 33KV feeders from these two sub-stations will be out until the towers are reconstructed."
The company said the weekly power allocation to IBEDC network by TCN had dropped from 692.5 megawatts to 368.5 megawatts.
The electricity company disconnected the state secretariat over N450 million debt. The government retaliated by sealing off the company's offices ...
NERC had on September 28 directed the power distribution companies to suspend the implementation of their tariffs review for two ...
The hospital has a monthly bill of between N20 million and N24 million.
A similar incident occurred on Wednesday leading to one death.
Power will be restored to affected communities within four weeks.
“It is not in our best interest to disconnect electricity supply to our consumers.”
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