PSP drags two churches to court over unpaid bills

By Edith Igbokwe

Two churches in conflict with Excellens link, one of the Private Sector Participants (PSP ) in charge of waste management in Oshodi have been fined N5,000 each by the customary court sitting in Oshodi-Isolo Local Government for allowing the case to get to the court before paying for services by the company months ago.

The two churches are Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), White Chapel Parish located along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway and Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oshodi.

They have been mandated to settle their debts before the end of June.

RCCG is owing N60,000, an accumulated bill for 15 months as the church pays N4,000 monthly waste charge.

CAC, on the other hand, is owing N6,000, an accumulated bill for six months as the church is charged N1,000 monthly.

The secretary of RCCG, who represented the church in court, explained to the court that the N10,000 payment has been made last week and that the balance of N50,000 will be paid by the end of June.

The pastor in charge of the CAC appealed to the court as he promised to settle the bill by next week Tuesday, saying he has been hospitalised for some time and still on medication.

The president of the court, Mrs Adebisi Laditan, fined both churches N5,000 each to have allowed the service provider (PSP) to take the matter to court before they realised that they were to pay their bills.

She warned that failure to pay up the debts on or before the end of June will attract additional penalty, adding that copies of the payment should be submitted to the court by the two churches involved.