The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday criticised the Federal
Government over the incessant review of electricity charges, stressing
that the current N700 tariff is outrageous. The tariff, which was N225,
was recently increased to over N700.
In a statement signed by its President, Comrade Abdulwahed Omar, the
union maintained that the increase negated whatever gains expected to be
recorded by the much vaunted reform in the power sector.
Omar said that the multi-year tariff structure as designed by the
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, and tacitly approved
by government only protects the interest of investors in the power
sector and as such had little or no consideration for consumers, most of
whom are poor and incapable of paying.
The statement reads in part: “It is exploitative and saddening that
these mindless reviews are not accompanied by commensurate improved
services. If anything, electricity service delivery has plummeted over
the years, with consumers compelled to pay exorbitant tariff rates for
incompetence, poor service and fraud.
“Judging from the yearly percentage increase (which covers a fifteen
year period in the first instance), it is predictable that less than ten
percent of the present consumers will be able to pay these outrageous
tariffs in the next few years.
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NLC slams Federal Govt over increase in electricity tariff
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