The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu has again intervened in the power crisis that has thrown many parts of Nigeria’s premier health institutions, the University Teaching Hospital (UCH) into darkness for over 100 days.
A press release on Tuesday said in a meeting held with representatives of the University of Ibadan, the College of Medicine, the UCH, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) and technical engineers from both sides on Monday, February 17, the Minister, who was represented by Bolaji Tunji, the Special Adviser, Strategic Communications and Media Relations, directed IBEDC to restore power to the College of Medicine and the halls of residence within the teaching hospital premises that had continued to be in darkness after the earlier meeting.