Abuja Power Company Scares Senate With Darkness

A small amount of drama unfolded on Tuesday when senators waited for the Abuja energy Distribution PLC to restart the energy supply just before the session started.

The MPs were waiting for the power supply to be restored when the development caused a partial blackout in the Red Chamber.

A moment later, with power restored, Senate President Godswill Akpabio would begin plenary.

While work was being done to address the issue, Akpabio apologized for the outage and the heat in the Chamber and revealed that approximately nine offices were still without power

Recall that the Abuja Electricity Distribution PLC in February threatened to disconnect the electricity supply of 86 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) over a total debt of N47.1bn.

Some of the MDAs include the Ministry of Finance, Information, Budget, Works and Housing, barracks, Nigeria Police Force, Presidential Villa, CBN Governor, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), and state liaison offices in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).