The Irepodun Local Government Secretariat in Kwara has been without electricity for four years over N4.8 million debt.
Secretariat located in Omu-Aran was disconnected since 2013 by Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC).
Mr Waliu Sanni, the IBEDC District Manager in Omu-Aran, told NAN that the council had reneged on all arrangements made to reduce the debt.
“It is not in our best interest to disconnect electricity supply to our consumers, most especially when it affects public institutions.
“But when the level of indebtedness is too enormous for the company to tolerate and effort to recover such debt was not yielding any fruitful results, we have to do that.
“”We even introduced the installation of prepaid meters for the council to restore their supply and ensure instalment payment of the debt but the situation remained…
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