The Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company has disconnected electricity supply to the Kaduna State Government House and other state government facilities due to unpaid bills totalling N2.9 billion.
In a statement released on Friday, Abdul-Azeez Abdullahi, Head of Corporate Communication, noted that Kaduna Electric had made repeated attempts to resolve the issue, including consultations with state officials, before issuing a disconnection notice on July 21.
Speaking to newsmen after the early morning operation on Friday, Jerry Adams, the Executive Chairman of KADIRS, stated that the exercise was carried out to execute a court order restraining KAEDCO over the liability owed to the state.
Adams explained that the N600m tax liability was from 2015 to 2022 when they did all the reconciliations with KAEDCO agreeing to pay a substantial amount of the liability.
The executive chairman, however, lamented, “Till this moment, since last year that the liability was established, KAEDCO has not met what it committed to do.
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“We are backed by the law to seal and take over their premises in order to ensure compliance, and that is what we executed this morning.”
Kaduna Electric’s statement revealed that the outstanding balance for electricity consumed from January 2024 to July 2024 alone amounts to a staggering N1,166,856,991.87. Including historical debt, the total liability for the State Government has reached N2,943,060,116.77, according to KAEDCO.
Despite a recent payment of N256,920,963.88 made on May 9, 2024, for electricity consumed between September 2023 and December 2023, the Kaduna State Government’s debt remains significantly high.
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