A federal high court in Kano has granted an interim order restraining the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) from implementing a hike in electricity tariff for Band A customers in the state. The court directed Kano Electricity Distribution Plc to discontinue the implementation of tariff increased from N76.54/Kwh to N225/Kwh, rep...
•Atiku and Tinubu Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, today, asserted that increase in tariffs of different services amounts to Nigerians subsidising the corruption and inefficiencies in government. In a statement he personally issued in Abuja, he said the plight of the Nigerian wo...
•Senate Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has revealed that Nigeria would need an annual $10 million to revive the country’s moribund electricity generation, distribution and supply chain. This is even as senators rejected the recent hike in electricity tariff, describing it as unacceptable and anti-people, reports Daily Sun. The Minister sa...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has assured that any customer not currently enjoying 20 hours of electricity would not pay the new tariff. The minister stated this today while appearing before the Senate Committee on Power, for a one-day investigative hearing on the need to halt the proposed increase in electricity tariff by eleven [&h...
•Electricity tariff hike As controversies continue to trail the federal government’s recent removal of electricity subsidy for over 1.8million customers categorised to be on Band A feeders, members of the Organised Private Sector has insisted that the hike must be suspended for review. As such, plans are to meet President Bola Tinubu on the ma...
The federal government, yesterday, insisted on the 240 per cent hike in tariff payable by power consumers in the band ‘A’ category despite calls for its reversal. It also revealed that the subsidised power pricing regime would be for the short term, with a transition plan to achieve a full cost-reflective tariff within a period […]
•Electricity tariff Following the increase of electricity tariff for customers under Band A category of consumers, some Nigerians have expressed dissatisfaction over the haphazard implementation of the hike. They said customers that are not enjoying up to 20 hours had been lumped up with those enjoying the services, reports Daily Trust. The si...
•Tinubu The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) yesterday expressed concern and disappointment on the recent decision by President Bola Tinubu’s government over the increase in electricity tariff. It described the hike as a “reckless move” and a complete disregard for the well-being and welfare of the Nigerian people, reports Daily Trust. In a stateme...
•Power Lagos, Kano, and 10 other states have concluded plans to start generating power in their respective states in conformity with the Electricity Act 2023. It was gathered yesterday that some of these states had established their electricity market laws and were waiting for the approval of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to h...
Two former federal lawmakers, Senator Andrew Uchendu and Honourable Dachung Bagos, have faulted the federal government’s reduction of electricity subsidy. They argued that the timing was wrong. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Wednesday, announced an increment in electricity tariff for Band A customers. It explained tha...