NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 2— South Africa Tshwane municipality disconnected electricity supply to the High Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria over unpaid municipal utility bills, Mayor Nasiphi Moya has announced.
In a statement issued on Monday, Mayor Moya said the action followed the diplomatic mission’s failure to settle outstanding debts owed to the city for utility services.
“We’ve disconnected electricity at the High Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They owe the city for utility services,” Moya said.
Hours later, the mayor issued an update confirming that the Nigerian High Commission had cleared the arrears.
“We thank the High Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for honouring its debt to the city. The city will reconnect electricity,” she wrote in a post on X.
As of Monday evening, Nigeria’s High Commission in Pretoria had not issued an official statement regarding the disconnection.
