The Distribution Companies, DISCOs says the Federal Government sill be responsible for the bills of the proposed free power they intend to give Nigerians in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.
The 11 DISCo’s had earlier announced that they are ready to supply Nigerians with free power supply for two months, considering the hardship Nigerians are going through with the ongoing lockdown.
While making the clarifications, Executive Director, Research and Advocacy and spokesman of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED, the umbrella body of the DISCOs, Sunday Oduntan, stressed that the power to be supplied would not be free.
According to him, “There is a need to make the following clarifications. The energy to be supplied for the two months is not free from the Discos but is being paid for by the federal government, in partnership with the National Assembly.
The news of the proposed two months free power supply by DISCOs made some Nigerians happy while some Nigerian refused to believe that such good news could be true in Nigeria.
