Mr Fabiyi said the bill received unanimous support from committee members.
Mr Lawani said the company was expecting a total of 161,000 meters under the programme.
Ms Mbah stated, “The announcement by BEDC’s inability to deliver power to its 33kV customers to TCN’s maintenance activities was not true.’’
She said the suspect allegedly paraded himself as a BEDC staff with an identity card at the time he was arrested.
The ban was not unconnected with the recent electricity crisis that hit the university.
The police commissioner in Edo, Funsho Adegboye, has commended participants in the nationwide protest for their peaceful conduct.
The judge ordered the respondents to stop taking any further steps pending the determination of the motion in the matter.
“The BEDC needs money to remain in business and serve its customers well. I will not stop you from disconnecting organizations or individuals owing,” said the minister.
“And that any other agent that comes outside these, we should not attend to them, but they have refused to write us the letter.”
“The federal government is aware of the conditions of the federal roads, and actions are being taken to address the challenges,” he said.
