The 11 electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, have absolved themselves of taking any responsibility for the proposed free two month power supply, saying that the Federal Government will pick the bills for all electricity to be supplied within the period.
The Executive Director, Research and Advocacy and spokesman of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED, the umbrella body of the DISCOs, Sunday Oduntan, who made the clarification in a statement issued in Abuja, said the power to be supplied would not be free and that it will be paid for.
According to him, “There is a need to make the following clarifications. The energy to be supplied for the two months is not free from the Discos but is being paid for by the federal government, in partnership with the National Assembly.
“As such, the ability for the Discos to go forward is subject to the stimulus package being passed by the National Assembly and signed into law by Mr. President.”
Recall the same DISCOs, through a statement signed by Mr. Sunday Oduntan, said that they completely aligned with the Federal Government and the House Representatives with the plans to ensure palliative measures, including ‘free electricity supply to all Nigerians for two months’, to make life easier, during the lockdown period. “
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