We didn’t owe IBEDC N495m electricity bill

University College Hospital , Ibadan, says it did not owe Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company N495 million bill, as being insinuated. UCH’s Public Relations Officer , Mrs Funmilayo Adetuyibi, stated this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Ibadan. NAN reports that IBEDC had disconnected the power…University College Hospital , Ibadan, says it did not owe Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company N495 million bill, as being insinuated.

She said that the present UCH administration, led by Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, assumed office on March 1, 2019 and inherited over N27 million as at Feb. 27, 2019, adding that it had since ensured the monthly payment of bills brought by IBEDC. “While we can say that we have outstanding bills to settle with the IBEDC, the hospital management has left no stone unturned in our proactive approach in making sure our teeming patients have access to adequate medical care at all times,” she said.

“The hospital has only 45 generators. Out of these 45 generators, some are due for servicing while some are due for replacement,” she said. The public relations officer added that IBEDC was insisting that the hospital must pay the inherited bills, whereas it had been settling the old bills along with current bills.

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