IBEDC Reconnects Power To UCH After N25m Settlement Out Of Over N400m Debt — College President
Academic Status Not Responsible For Ex- student’s Death • Programme Put On Hold To Allow Us Run Nursing As ND, HND
AFTER an agonising three- day blackout, the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company ( IBEDC) has finally restored power to University College Hospital ( UCH) in Ibadan, Oy o State.
The power was restored at noon, yesterday, following intense lobbying efforts by hospital officials and protracted discussions with the IBEDC.
The Guardian gathered that the N25m, a portion of the N495,075,832.35 outstanding electricity debt, was paid on Friday evening.
It was revealed that the management of UCH had earlier paid N15m to IBEDC.
Further check showed that the payment of N25m was just a meagre of the average of N65m monthly Electricity Bill charged by IBEDC.
The fallout from the almost three days blackout led to mass cancellations of scheduled procedures and forced many patients to postpone their appointments.
THE management of Harvarde College of Science, Business and Management Studies, Abeokuta, Ogun State has debunked rumours that the death of a 200 level student - Joke, has any connection with the academic status of the school.
A statement, yesterday, signed by the President of the college, Dr Oluwatosin Adebayo, who described the deceased as an ex- student, said based on investigations, the deceased, who had left the school since 2023 based on her failure in her academics, died of poisonous substance she took when she didn’t know who exactly was responsible for her pregnancy, as all efforts to get it terminated proved abortive. And she later resorted to killing to save her shame.
“This is nothing but the truth on Ajoke’s death. We believe that all records, exhibit and the Police are there for anybody to see and interrogate on the remote and immediate cause of her death.” Adebayo appealed to the public to discountenace reports on media platforms, which claimed that its Nursing Programme has been disaccredited and its disaccreditation caused the death of the student.