THE chairman of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Mr Oladayo Olabampe, has appealed to the Federal Government to come to the institution’s aid.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there has not been light at UCH since October 26, when the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) disconnected the hospital’s electricity supply due to accumulated debts.
Olabampe, who decried the bill from IBEDC as alarming and outrageous for a hospital such as UCH, said: “The bill is killing. IBEDC put UCH on Band A but we can’t afford the bill of Band A.
“This is why the hospital management told the company to remove UCH from Band A and put it in Band B but it (IBEDC) did not.
“So, we now want government to prevail on IBEDC to return UCH to Band B where it can afford to pay.
“Philanthropists and well-meaning Nigerians should also come to UCH’s aid and support it,” he said.
The JOHESU chairman noted that…