South African authorities have disconnected electricity supply to the Nigerian High Commission over “unpaid utility services”.
Nasiphi Moya, mayor of Tshwane city, announced the
development in an X post on Monday.
The decision formed part of the city’s ongoing
#TshwaneYaTima campaign, an initiative aimed at cutting municipal services to
consumers with significant outstanding debts.
“#TshwaneYaTima: We’ve disconnected electricity at the High
Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They owe the city for utility
services,” the tweet reads.
This is not the first time the Nigerian high commission in
South Africa has been thrown into darkness over unpaid electricity bills.
In 2023, City Power, an electricity distribution company in
South Africa, cut off power supply to the Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg
over a debt of at least R600,000 (about $35,000).
Last September, the high commission was reportedly
disconnected from public power supply over its inability to pay accumulated
electricity bills.
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