Electricity distribution companies have decried the failure of Federal Government ministries, departments, and agencies to pay for the power they consume.
The DisCos lamented that they were being owed hundreds of billions of naira by various MDAs across the country, with no payment plans in sight. It was gathered that the Eko Electricity Distribution Company alone is owed N66bn by Federal Government MDAs within its franchise area.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, Sunday Oduntan, confirmed to our correspondent that the MDAs owe power distributors over N100bn as of November 2025.
Speaking recently at a power roundtable organised by PwC in Lagos, the Managing Director of the Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Rekhiat Momoh, lamented that DisCos were battling huge debts accumulated by the MDAs.
According to her, Eko is one of the DisCos with the highest MDA debts because Lagos was the nation’s capital before it was moved to Abuja. “The other major problem is the MDA debt. In Eko alone, MDAs owe us a lot of money, and across the DisCos, most of the MDAs are not paying.”
