The Kano Electricity Distribution Company, has issued a warning to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, over an outstanding electricity debt amounting to nearly ₦950 million, cautioning that disconnection could follow if the liabilities are not settled.
In a statement released on Monday, KEDCO’s Head of Corporate Communications, Sani Bala, said the hospital owed ₦949.88 million as of the end of August. He explained that the hospital had also accumulated an additional ₦108.95 million bill for August, which must be paid in full within 10 working days.
“The hospital has an outstanding liability of ₦949.88 million, and its August bill of ₦108.95 million must be settled in full within 10 working days. Failure to comply will compel the company to decide on the next line of action,” Bala said.
He criticized the non-payment of electricity consumed at the hospital’s residential complex, describing it as harmful to KEDCO’s operations.
“No payment has been made for electricity consumed at the residential quarters, despite its negative impact on our service delivery,” Bala added.
According to him, the company had earlier written to the hospital management on August 12, notifying them of plans to disconnect staff quarters and other non-essential areas due to partial payments.
Bala, however, assured the public that electricity supply to life-saving and critical services within the main hospital would remain a top priority.
“We remain committed to ensuring uninterrupted supply to the hospital as a foremost health institution. Our appeal is for cooperation on the ongoing separation exercise,” he noted.
He revealed that KEDCO had restored power supply to the AKTH campus after separating the main hospital from staff quarters to safeguard stability.
“The hospital’s main facilities are already connected to the 33KVA Zaria Road feeder, which provides an average of 22 hours daily supply under Band A. Unfortunately, management has resisted separating staff quarters from the hospital, which has posed risks to stable supply,” Bala explained.
He further disclosed that repeated resistance from the hospital management led to faults that triggered a recent outage, forcing KEDCO to proceed with separating the supply lines.
AKTH, which serves as the teaching hospital for Bayero University, remains one of the largest referral health institutions in northern Nigeria.
