The management of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) has reportedly disconnected the University of Benin (UNIBEN) following an unresolved dispute over contentious electricity billing.
The disconnection has plunged the entire university campus into darkness. A visit by The Guardian correspondent revealed that the school now relies on generating sets for power. Several offices and hostel facilities, including the Secretariat of the ASUU UNIBEN Chapter, were found to be without public electricity.
The university management expressed discontent after the Benin Disco reportedly made an upward revision of the institution’s monthly electricity charges by over 200 per cent.
A source, who requested anonymity, stated, “The University was paying about N80 million for electricity consumption. However, the Disco suddenly increased it to between N200 and N280 million.
“Following the development and the…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
