FG APPROVES PAYMENT OF N26BN TO POWER FIRMS

FG APPROVES PAYMENT OF N26BN TO POWER FIRMS
October 6, 2017 Advocaat Law Practice

The FG has recently approved the sum of N26bn as payment for debt owed by its Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to electricity distribution companies out of a total claim of N67.1bn. The FG also approved that the approved N26bn be set-off against the amount owed by the Discos to the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trader, a 100% Federal Government-owned Company for their unremitted collections for energy taken which amounts to a debt of about N500bn.