Shehu Lawan, the Chairman, FCT Ministerial Special Task
Force on Recovery of Debts owed The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), said that the
hospital owed the board N7,776,800 as at June 2016.
The Hospital gates were locked in the early hours of Tuesday.
The chair man He disclosed that the FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello,
constituted the task force to recover more than N9 billion
owed AEPB by various Ministries, Departments and
Agencies as well as private and corporate bodies resident in
the FCT.
According to him, the board obtained three court summons
against the hospital, but the NHA failed to comply.
Reacting to the incident, Dr. Adetayo Haastrup, the
hospital’s spokesperson, described the situation as a rude
shock, a national embarrassment and an inhuman act
considering the health services rendered by the facility.
Haastrup confirmed that the AEPB told the hospital
management that the board had a court injunction to
recover the debts.
The spokesman also said that the hospital only received the
paper for payment of bill of the said amount in June.
He explained that the NHA had made series of attempts to
pay up the bill but that the accounts kept bouncing and that
the hospital management had explained the challenges to
the board.
According to him, in the event of any indebtedness by any
Agency, AEPB ought to give room for bargaining with the
indebted party before resorting to the “seal-off” option.
Force on Recovery of Debts owed The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), said that the
hospital owed the board N7,776,800 as at June 2016.
The Hospital gates were locked in the early hours of Tuesday.
constituted the task force to recover more than N9 billion
owed AEPB by various Ministries, Departments and
Agencies as well as private and corporate bodies resident in
the FCT.
According to him, the board obtained three court summons
against the hospital, but the NHA failed to comply.
Reacting to the incident, Dr. Adetayo Haastrup, the
hospital’s spokesperson, described the situation as a rude
shock, a national embarrassment and an inhuman act
considering the health services rendered by the facility.
Haastrup confirmed that the AEPB told the hospital
management that the board had a court injunction to
recover the debts.
The spokesman also said that the hospital only received the
paper for payment of bill of the said amount in June.
He explained that the NHA had made series of attempts to
pay up the bill but that the accounts kept bouncing and that
the hospital management had explained the challenges to
the board.
According to him, in the event of any indebtedness by any
Agency, AEPB ought to give room for bargaining with the
indebted party before resorting to the “seal-off” option.
