Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has disconnected the Niger State Government House and other MDAs over an indebtedness of over N1.3Billion.
This was revealed by the AEDC Public Relations Officer in the state, Adamu Dantani in Minna, who said the decision to disconnect the Government House, General Hospital and other MDAs was to recover all outstanding debts owed the company by the state government running into several billions of naira.
Dantani said the disconnection would have been carried out months ago but was shelved the idea as a result of the intervention of the House of Assembly, adding that four months after the intervention between the company and the executive arm of the government, the agreement reached had been breached by government.
He added that in the agreement reached, the state government was to settle at least 80 per cent of the debt which they failed to do.
“From the day the agreement was reached till date, there is no commitment from the state government,” he said.
Dantani said the companies had been pushed to the wall and was left with no option but to act.
“We took the action after being pushed to the wall by the state government for not keeping its words after the intervention of the state Assembly four months ago.
“We don’t have any option but to disconnect their services and concentrate on our teeming loyal consumers in and outside the metropolis,” he added.
Other public institutions affected by the disconnection include the state Water Board, schools, all General Hospitals, the office of the Secretary to the State Government and that of the Head of Service, among others.
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