President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate settlement of outstanding electricity bills due to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a statement.
In the statement on Tuesday, Onanuga said the directive by Tinubu followed the reconciliation of accounts between the Management of the State House and AEDC.
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He said contrary to the AEDC’s initial claim of N923 million debt in a paid advertorial in newspapers, the State House outstanding bill is N342,352,217.46.
He said this was according to a letter by the management of AEDC to the State House Permanent Secretary, dated February 14, 2024.
Onanuga added: “Having reconciled the position to the satisfaction of both parties, the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has given assurance that the debt will be paid to AEDC before the end of this week.”
He said following the example of the Presidency, Gbajabiamila also urged other Ministries, Departments and Agencies to reconcile their accounts with AEDC and pay their electricity bills.
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