Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on
Saturday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to instruct the Minister of
Power, Goddy Jedy-Agba and the chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory
Commission (NERC), Prof. James Momoh to “urgently reverse the unlawful,
unreasonable and unjust increase in electricity tariff in the country, which
reportedly occurred in December 2022.”
SERAP also urged Buhari to “ensure the investigation of the
spending of public funds as ‘investments and bailouts’ by successive
governments to electricity distribution companies (DisCos) and generating
companies (GenCos) since 2005.”
It also wants the President to ensure the prosecution of
cases of corruption and mismanagement.
SERAP disclosed this in a letter at the weekend and signed
by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare.
The organization also said, “the increase in electricity
tariff failed to follow due process. It’s entirely inconsistent and
incompatible with the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution of 1999 [as
amended], the Electric Power Sector Reform Act and the country’s international
human rights obligations.”
It added that “millions of Nigerians continue to live in
darkness despite the spending by successive governments of trillions of naira
as investments and bailouts to electricity companies.”
Recall that after reported approval by the NERC, electricity
tariffs were increased across DisCos in Nigeria last December.
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