The Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa is currently experiencing a power outage due to the humongous electricity bill owed by the diplomatic mission leading to disconnection.
“Power was restored late afternoon after the arrangement was made. They owed over R400, 000, and they put up a R150,000 deposit,” he added.
Meanwhile, over the past three days, churches and other businesses have been on the receiving end of City Power’s drive to disconnect electricity from customers whose municipal accounts are in arrears. In November, City Power disconnected its services to a block of flats in Hillbrow. The building owes more than R5m to the city.
The utility had tried to cut off the electricity in the previous week, but angry residents hurled rocks and other objects at the city’s technicians.made frantic efforts to contact the consulate for comment but was unsuccessful as messages sent to their mail were not replied to as of the time of filing this report.All rights reserved.
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