Kaduna Electric Distribution Company popularly called Kaduna Electric has cut off Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria from the grid following the institution’s inability to offset its electricity bills.
This was contained in a Special Bulletin issued by the management of the school on Friday, November 29, 2024.
TheFact Daily gathered that the University had on the 1st of July this year written to President Bola Tinubu lamenting its inability to afford the N3.6 billion annual electricity bill given to it by the distribution company and called on the President to intervene in the huge tariff, adding that universities should be shielded from the extremities of commercialisation.
In the bulletin titled, “A.B.U. IS CUT OFF FROM THE GRID”, the management urged members of the University community to exercise patience as it was making frantic efforts to foot the bills.
It read in part: “This is to inform members of the University community that Ahmadu Bello University has been disconnected from the grid by Kaduna Electric. It has been off the grid since yesterday (Thursday, 28th November, 2024) evening following the institution’s inability to pay the accrued electricity bills.
“The University has been facing difficulty in footing the monthly electricity bills following increment in electricity tariffs early this year. ABU has been able to pay the sum of over once billion Naira electricity bills to the company since January this year, in addition to huge amount of money expended for diesel. This is even at the expense of the critical statutory functions of the University.
“Meanwhile, University Management appeals to members of the University community for understanding as the Management is making frantic efforts to foot the bills”.
