The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company said it had disconnected electricity supply to the Cross River State Water Board over N117 million debt.
The Manager, Corporate Communications, PHED, John Onyi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday.
According to Onyi, the management of the PHED was surprised when it read a report that epileptic power supply had made the Cross River State Government to groan under N150 million monthly expenditure on diesel, adding that the report was a misrepresentation of facts.
He said though the firm had ensured that power supply was sustained for the people of Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Bayelsa and Rivers States, the CSWB, which “has been a maximum demand customer and as such on premium service, has an outstanding debt of N177,730,978.52 as of date.
“During a routine check on the 13th of May 2020, the Water Board main station in Calabar was caught on meter bypass – a diversion of load from the meter, which is inimical to the survival of the electricity industry in Nigeria.
“Subsequently, a penalty fee for the loss of revenue was presented to the agency with a payment plan. For the umpteenth time, the Water Board reneged on the payment plan despite repeated calls and visitations, leading to its disconnection on August 21, 2020.”
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