The Federal Government has called on international customers who receive electricity from Nigeria to either pay their bills or be disconnected.
Based on reports, Nigeria sells power to the Republics of Togo, Niger and Benin, and classifies the West African countries as international customers.The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who confirmed this to reporters in Abuja noted that the international customers, who pay for the power received from Nigeria in dollars, owed the country.
He however revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari was working hard to ensure that the electricity debts by the country’s neighbours were cleared. Fashola stated that he had also directed the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company NBET to go ahead and collect its money from the international customers. He noted that the government had issued letters to the countries involved, adding that Nigeria would disconnect those who fail to comply as endorsed by Buhari.
Fashola also stated that he recently received the minister of power from Niger and both of them discussed issues bordering on the payment of electricity bills to Nigeria.
He said that International customers have delayed payment and he thinks that’s a fair thing to say. Our international customers are government agencies and governments of Niger, Togo and the Republic of Benin.
Source: Daily Post
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