Eko Electricity Distribution Company has disconnected Lagos University Teaching Hospital and the College of Medicine, University of Lagos , over an outstanding electricity bill of N252 million.
Adeyemo, who said that efforts were under way to settle the remaining outstanding bills and restore power, claimed that the hospital had paid over N200 million and is currently running on generators and inverters to ensure continued service delivery. Meanwhile, an electronic memo circulating among the medical students and sighted by The Guardian expressed regret over the persistent problem.
General Manager of Corporate Communications of the Eko Disco, Babatunde Lasaki, when contacted by The Guardian, confirmed that the institutions owed over N100 million.