Ahmad Zakari, disclosed this during a government-backed enlightenment and feedback programme tagged: Have your Say. Zakari said the meetings with labour have proven fruitful as significant progress has been made and a mandate of two weeks given. There were further changes made in January but, it has been suspended because we concluded that we will not implement laws that are not fully understood by Nigerians. Nigerians need to understand that this Service based Tariff is here to stay,” said Zakari. He further enumerated the various consumer bands for electricity by saying that band A is the highest for electricity consumers who enjoy between 20-24 hours of electricity daily, while band B consumers will pay less since they get lesser hours of power supply.
• Restates call for independent panel of inquiry
A Non-Governmental Organisation, the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC), has condemned the decision of the Lagos State Panel of Inquiry on EndSARS protests to return possession of the Lekki tollgate to Lekki Concession Company (LCC).
It said the decision undermined the demand for justice by Nigerians, as the issues surrounding the tragic events of October 20, 2020 had not been resolved, pointing out that the decision was an attempt to deny the youths justice.
The group, in a statement, yesterday, signed by its National Co-ordinator, Adaramoye Michael and Secretary, Francis Nwapa, said that the Lagos State panel, on the basis of lacking independence and democracy, was not capable of ensuring justice and bringing to book all those culpable in the Lekki shooting and killing of protesters in the country before and on October 20, 2020.
Bank dubbed 'Green Investment Bank 2.0' by Business Secretary should be given legal mandate to tackle regional inequalities, help achieve net zero, and reverse decline of nature, according to green finance and business leaders