– Winthrop Aldrich
Coming at a perilous period of a second wave of the debilitating COVID-19 pandemic and a second economic recession in five years, the recent increase in electricity tariff by 50 per cent by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)says much about the inhuman and anti-people policies of the current administration!“Haba, have Nigerians not suffered enough?” a concerned citizen ventilated his anger, as soon the increase in the electricity tariff became a news item.
Of course, we have. If we are not battling against the increase in Value Added Tax (VAT), it is that of the incessant increase in the pump price of petrol in a so called oil-producing country. One does not need rocket science to understand the domino effects such aberrant increases have on the cost of living here in Nigeria. The prices of foodstuffs have skyrocketed. So it has affected that of transportation, healthcare delivery, house rents, communication, even as Nigerians battle again
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By Etuka Sunday
The Federal Government has directed the Suspension of intended electricity tariff hike by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). This, it said, was to promote a constructive conclusion of the dialogue with the Labour Centers through the Joint Ad-Hoc Committee. Recall, the Federal government of Nigeria and the Labour Centers have been engaged in positive discussions about the electricity sector through a joint ad-hoc Committee led by the Minister of State for Labour and Productivity and Co-Chaired by the Minister of State for Power. Great progress has been made in these deliberations which are set to be concluded at the end of January 2021.
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Stakeholders in different sectors of the economy have expressed disgust and resentment at the latest plan of electricity tariff hike. Many sectoral leaders have opposed the tariff increase, maintaining it is “ill-timed” and disregards the challenges faced by Nigerians.
Firing the first salvo, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) urged the Federal Government to reconsider, while the Electricity Consumers Association of Nigeria rejected the tariff hike.
Nigerians were ushered into the new year with news of a further increase in electricity tariffs in a Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission NERC order signed by the new Chairman, Sanusi Garba and one of its Commissioners, Dafe Akpeneye, which instructed DisCos to increase tariffs effective January 1, 2021.