{"id":81794,"date":"2026-01-18T05:55:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81794"},"modified":"2026-01-18T05:55:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:55:44","slug":"abuja-disco-restores-power-to-fct-water-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/18\/abuja-disco-restores-power-to-fct-water-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuja Disco Restores Power to FCT Water Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC), has restored electricity supply to the Federal Capital Territory Water Board following public outcry over prolonged water shortages in parts of the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Saturday, AEDC said the reconnection was directed by its Acting Managing Director\/Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Chijioke Okwuokenye, to enable the resumption of water production and distribution.<\/p>\n<p>The company explained that the water board was earlier disconnected over unpaid electricity bills running for more than a year, despite repeated notices and engagements. It said the action was taken in line with regulatory provisions.<\/p>\n<p>However, AEDC said the reconnection was approved on humanitarian grounds due to the impact on public health and sanitation.<\/p>\n<p>It added that the Water Board has been given two weeks to submit and commence a sustainable payment plan to clear the debt, warning that failure to comply could lead to another disconnection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Immaculata The Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC), has restored electricity supply to the Federal Capital Territory Water Board following public outcry over prolonged water shortages in parts of the FCT. In a statement on Saturday, AEDC said the reconnection was directed by its Acting Managing Director\/Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Chijioke Okwuokenye, to enable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":81795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-81794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81796,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81794\/revisions\/81796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}