A federal high court in Kano has issued an order restraining the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) from implementing the new electricity tariff for Band A consumers.
Ruling on an ex parte motion on Thursday, Abdullahi Liman,
presiding judge, made an interim order restraining NERC and KEDCO from going
ahead with the impending tariff pending the hearing and determination of the
motion on notice before it.
The order also restrained the defendant from intimidating
and threatening to disconnect the applicants’ electricity supply for
non-acceptance of the new increased tariff.
The suit marked FHC/KN/CS/144/2024 was filed by Super Sack
Company Limited and BBY Sacks Limited.
Others are Mama Sannu Industries Limited, Dala Foods Nigeria
Limited, Tofa Textile Limited and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria Limited
(MAN).
The motion ex-parte was moved by Abubakar Mahmoud, counsel
to the plaintiffs.
On April 3, NERC approved an increase in electricity tariff
for customers under the Band A classification.
The commission said customers under the category, who
receive 20 hours of electricity supply daily, would begin to pay N225 per
kilowatt (kW) from April 3 — up from N66.
The sudden hike has been criticised by the house of
representatives and other stakeholders who have asked NERC to suspend the
implementation of the new tariff.
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