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Sitting on approximately 220 acres of land mass, one of the largest premier teaching hospitals in Nigeria, the University College Hospital , Ibadan, is currently at loggerhead with the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company , over a ₦495m electricity debt accumulated over three years, Channels Television can authoritatively report.
Some relatives of patients on admission told our correspondent, off camera, that the situation has worsened to the extent of them having to buy sachets of water to clean their appliances.A few medical officials who spoke with our correspondent also decried the negative impact of electricity outages on activities at the facility.
On his part, the energy committee chairman, Dr. Micheal Obaro, told Channels Television, that the committee’s terms of reference include “exploring ways of optimising power usage within the premises of UCH. This includes measures to reduce the consumption of energy by the hospital. “You need to know that the university teaching hospital harbours other portions such as the university teaching hospital at the University of Ibadan. So, everyone is working together to resolve it. It is not just the UCH owing that much, other arms under us are also owing part of the bill,” he said.On its part, IBEDC noted that they had to disconnect UCH repeatedly because the hospital had failed to come up with a plan to defray the outstanding debt of ₦495m.
“Anytime we disconnect them, they appeal to our conscience, and of course we reconnect them but they do not pay us. What they only pay is the current charges. The bill we give to them, they pay on that bill and sometimes they don’t pay the exact amount. So, what they do is to pay the current charge but they have not touched the outstanding.”
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