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The Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State, have been thrown into darkness, following the disconnection of the institution’s power supply by the Kano Electricity Distribution Company.
KEDCO disconnected the university about a week ago over its inability to settle its outstanding accumulated bill of over N248 million, a situation that has currently paralysed the institution’s academic programmes.
Narrating the higher instructions ordeal to newsmen on Monday, the Dean of Students’ Affairs of the university, Prof. Abdulkadir Dambazau, said efforts to convince KEDCO to reconnect the institution back to the National Grid fell on deaf ears, as the company insisted on the settlement of the entire bill.
Such efforts, Dambazau said, included the payment of N20 million, which according to him, was the university’s enhanced monthly subvention from the State Government.
With its population of 28,000 people, he said the university is grappling with numerous difficulties in running its services, including academics and water supply.