For the second week, most ministries, departments and agencies of government located in the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, have been without electricity supply from the
A senior director in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation who preferred anonymity said that the office was not experiencing the outage because of the solar system installed by the Head of Service. "I wonder why this power failure issue is taking a long time to resolve. The Federal Secretariat is the engineroom of the nation's socio economic development, and I wonder why the authorities have failed to do something about it.
According to the source, the outstanding electricity bills have accrued over an extended period, leading to the power firm's decision to cut off the power supply. This prolonged blackout has disrupted daily operations within Phase 1 of the Federal Secretariat, causing inconvenience to employees and visitors alike. Pending the settlement of the outstanding bills, it remains unclear when the power will be restored.
The Ministry of Finance is one of the MDAs that AEDC served a disconnection notice earlier this year for failing to pay an outstanding electricity bill of N367.67 million. This newspaper could not confirm whether that backlog has been cleared. When our reporter visited the Ministry yesterday, sources within it revealed that the management worked and restored the light after the bill was cleared.