By Marietta Munachimso
Information available to Citypost revealed that the agency in charge of Enugu State Capital City known as ECTDA has sealed operational offices of EEDC in the area, but has not issued any statement concerning the development which was reported to have taken place on Tuesday morning.
The EEDC in a statement released by its Head, Corporate Communications, Emeka Eze same day stated;
Disruption of EEDC operations as Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority seals its offices
On arriving for work this morning, we were surprised to meet our Corporate Head Office sealed by the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA).
This development is strange because there was no notice of any sort by the agency to our organisation.
We were informed by the Security Men on duty that in the early hours of today (Tuesday), at about 1.53am, a group of men came and locked up the gates, claiming that the State Governor directed the action.
Our Abakpa, Awkunanaw, and Ogui District offices were not spared as their gates were equally sealed and locked.
As at now, there has not been any clear information/ communication from ECTDA explaining their action.
We however suspect that this action might not be unconnected to the notice of disconnection published by EEDC informing indebted customers of intention to commence disconnection today, Tuesday 11th June, 2024.
Enugu State Government happens to be one of the indebted customers with over N1 Billion owed to EEDC. It is important to state that majority of the state government’s facilities are metered (so, it is not a case of estimated billing).
EEDC has about N180 Billion as debt owed the company and has concluded plans to commence disconnection of indebted customers.
