Benue residents risk total blackout over N81 billion debt to JEDCO

The Jos Electricity Distribution Plc (JEDCO) has called on its customers in Benue State to clear their outstanding electricity bills, which have risen to N81 billion, or face disconnection.

Engr. Felix Adamu Shalzim, the State Operating Officer, who represented the Managing Director, made the appeal during the Customer Consultative Forum held in Makurdi.

He revealed that, “Benue State’s monthly energy consumption stands at 33 million kilowatt-hours (KWH), valued at N3…