President Bola Tinubu has instructed the immediate clearance of outstanding electricity bills owed to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC).
Recall that on Monday, MUK TV reported that AEDC served a disconnection notice to the presidential villa, threatneing to disconnect power supply of the villa if it fails to clear its debt within 10 days.
A statement released by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, revealed that Tinubu’s directive came after a thorough reconciliation of accounts between the State House Management and AEDC.
According to the statement, “Contrary to the AEDC’s initial claim of N923million debt in paid advertorial in newspapers, the State House outstanding bill is N342, 352, 217.46, according to a letter by the management of AEDC to the State House Permanent Secretary dated February 14, 2024.
“Having reconciled the position to the satisfaction of both parties, the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has given assurance that the debt will be paid to AEDC before the end of this week.
“Following the example of the Presidency, Chief of Staff also urged other MDAs to reconcile their accounts with AEDC and pay their electricity bills.”
