he Association of Nigeria Electricity Distributors (ANED), on Saturday said it would not disconnect power supply to Government Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) over the N93 billion outstanding debts.

The Executive Director, Research and Advocacy of ANED, Mr Sunday Oduntan, disclosed this in in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos .

He spoke against speculations that Distribution Companies (DISCOs) may disconnect MDAs for failure to settles their indebtedness to the distribution companies.

According to Oduntan, DISCOs are more interested in negotiating and making sure the issues are resolved amicably.

He said that the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Raji Fashola, had promised DISCOs that government was making arrangement for the payment.

The director said that DISCOs believed that the Fashola would always fulfill his promise, adding that the negotiation with the government representatives would be positive.

“We are aware of the present challenges faced the present administration in economic sector and its efforts in ensuring regular electricity supply to all and sundry.

“Disconnection of all MDAs will only add to these challenges, so we are engaging the Federal Government in a negotiation at present and we believed that this will resolve the financial crisis in the sector,” he said.

He urged electricity consumers nationwide to ensure prompt payment of the electricity bills.

NAN reports that on May 21, ANED announced that all historic debtors, including residential, commercial, industrial and government establishments across the three tiers of government would be disconnected due to unpaid electricity bills.

ANED said that government establishments, including the military and security agencies alone, owed the DISCOs over N93 billion.

Fashola, had at a town hall forum organised by the Kukah Centre, on June 16, promised to pay the N78.7 billion electricity debts owed distribution companies by MDAs before the end of the year. (NAN)

Source: http://dailypost.ng/2016/08/06/federal-ministries-agencies-owe-n93bn-electricity-bills-aned/

Instead of going after Govt debts to break even nd make profit nah to dey plan how to add to our suffering by increase bill...

End Time Association..

And the unfortunate bastards will cut your wires here if you're a week overdue.

Is it only me or is it that this country is cursed? Nothing seems to be working well. Everyday is one bad news or the other. The government always claim to budget a specific amount for a project and the project is never executed. Instead of vibrant youths to ask regardless of who embezzled the money, they prefer to fight one another, forming a stupid NCAN and play dumb. I thought years of poverty and frustrating should have strengthened our rage and provoke us into actions but NO, we enjoy suffering and smiling.

Let em thieves forfeit their salaries and pay up, or use the budgeted money to pay.

Hmmnm

God bless Nigeria

Their bad debt is affecting the efective operations of power generation, transmission and distribution yet the common man that pays his bill promptly suffers the most.
The funny thing is that every MDA has a quarterly AIE- Authority to Incur Expenditure. (a form of allocation) and electricity and water bills have statutory headings and subheadings on every AIE hence they are effectively captured but the Vote Conteollers/Director's of MDAs easily divert the money for personal gains, seeing it it as part of National Cake.
GOD HELP US

We all know sey them no dey pay their bills!!!!! Even Nigeria military!!

Ehen ehen...Xo MDAs is owing that much and they can't collect their money but will be harassing mere households owing 4k...mehn next time I see any PHCN official harassing any street nah flogging go sure pass
....Anyway I cant even remember the last time I saw a NEPA bill...its over 8months. They dare not bring their bills

So much to owe for a continuous blackout.

And Nigerian electric companies owe Gas Companies in excess of 1 Trillion Naira..

The same Nigerian Government parastatals were the most indebted to NITEL before it collapsed.

#ViciousCycle..

And then never pay workers o

Dottore:
Their bad debt is affecting the efective operations of power generation, transmission and distribution yet the common man that pays his bill promptly suffers the most. On funny thing is that every MDA has a quarterly AIE- Authority to incur expenditue

Go and make your findings, the amount government allocated/give to those MDAs for paying electricity bill is not up to one third of the bills given to them by DISCOs

amuokuko:
Instead of going after Govt debts to break even nd make profit nah to dey plan how to add to our suffering by increase bill...

I couldn't have criticised this better, u just spoke my mind

[b][/b]I'm disappointed...I'm disappointed...I'm disappointed...

Dongreat:
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no b only G,na yam!!lolz,,yeye space booker like you.......

jerryfisher:
no b only G,na yam!!lolz,,yeye space booker like you.......

Happy Sunday man. Have a lovely day and blessed week. God love us. Amen

una go come carry ladder on top my pole over 5k debt wey i no use up to N300...ogun wey go punish una na still dey load.

Dongreat:


Happy Sunday man. Have a lovely day and blessed week. God love us. Amen

haPpy sunday to u n ur family,,may God bless us all dis new week....

The country call nigeria is a sacm by it self #No more one nigra

veekid:



And then never pay workers o

I know you would be here..Pele Akanji..

Govt of crooks, by thieves, for fools!

Then cut them off like the Nigerian consulate in New York was cut off.

Now that, this is government owing they will not cut it but if poor nigerian they will not allow two weeks to pass, u will see them with long ladder intimidating them.

So the government is owing nepa too.. This is serious... And ironic...

amuokuko:
Instead of going after Govt debts to break even nd make profit nah to dey plan how to add to our suffering by increase bill...

End Time Association..

Bro, no vex abeg

amuokuko:
Instead of going after Govt debts to break even nd make profit nah to dey plan how to add to our suffering by increase bill...

End Time Association..

Bro, no vex abeg

sommy03:
[b][/b]I'm disappointed...I'm disappointed...I'm disappointed...

Sorry jae

MadCow1:
And Nigerian electric companies owe Gas Companies in excess of 1 Trillion Naira..

The same Nigerian Government parastatals were the most indebted to NITEL before it collapsed.

#ViciousCycle..

"Fantastically corrupt"...naija is a joke as it is

centboy123456:
The country call nigeria is a sacm by it self #No more one nigra

Guy withlow dey your fingers ni??

The disco's are cowards. You go around disconnecting people's light's charging exorbitant fees and you find it difficult to collect your money from government.

SafeAlhaji:
Guy withlow dey your fingers ni??

Na ur fingers withlow day foolish nigeria foolish people God I hate nigeria and I don't know why God put me here and that is why I must fight to get out of nigeria free biafra

we d ordinary citizens pay bills, they use d light yet they owe bills dats how it woks here in naija.