Sixteen days after the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company disconnected University College Hospital in Ibadan, Oyo State, for owing N495m, power has been restored to the health facility
Electricity was restored around 6.30 pm on Thursday.
IBEDC disconnected the facility on March 19, the third time in less than two months, over what it called “accumulated bill indebtedness.”
While giving reasons for the disconnection, the Ibadan DisCo explained that it disconnected the hospital after failed attempts to engage with the facility’s management regarding the N495m debt, which had persisted for over six years.
A source within the institution told Punch Online that the hospital paid part of the N495m debt before electricity was restored.
The source revealed that the hospital also signed an agreement with the electricity distribution company on how to repay the outstanding debt.
“The hospital management has paid N80m out of the N495 million and it has signed a memorandum of understanding on how to pay the rest of the money.
“The hospital just had to look for a way out because it was becoming embarrassing.
“Workers had to purchase rechargeable lamps with which to attend to patients during the period when there was no electricity supply to the hospital,” the source noted.
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