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The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu has commended the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for halting a further increment in electricity tariff.
Okechukwu, who spoke to journalists at the inauguration of All Progressives Congress, APC, Ward Executive at Eke, Enugu State on Sunday, described the power distribution companies as Shylocks.
The APC chiefain “thanked President Buhari for saying no to incessant Shylock electricity tariff hike, to be exact almost three times, since inception of President Buhari’s regime.
“One has carefully perused the defense Advert of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and beg to disagree with them. For the avoidance of doubt, without prejudice to their nice prose, adjustment from N2 to N4 per kwhr, according to them to reflect the partial impact of inflation and movement in foreign exchange rates, for me is 100% Shylock Tariff Hike, not even the 50% Nigeria Labour Congre
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The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company said five power towers were damaged by suspected vandals at the Elelenwo transmission substation in Obio/Apkor Local Government Area, plunging several communities in Rivers State into darkness.
Acting Head, Corporate Communications, PHED, Ngozi Koroye, who disclosed this to newsmen in Port Harcourt, said the installation belongs to the Transmission Company of Nigeria.
Koroye explained that the action of the hoodlums caused extensive damage to the facility, noting that the company felt the pains of residents in the affected areas who have been in darkness for over one month.
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The death has been announced of Professor Ebere Onwudiwe, a renowned economist, political scientist, prolific writer, promoter of Afro-optimism, and respected public intellectual. According to family sources, he died on Saturday, January 9, “due to…complications of the global pandemic.” He was born on October 10, 1952, and is from Isunjaba in Imo State of Nigeria, where he held the traditional title of Mba 1 of Isunjaba.
Apart from having a doctorate degree in Political Science, he also acquired postgraduate degrees in Economics and International Relations. He held several local and international positions in his lifetime, including serving as professor of Political Science at the Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, where he also became Director of the Centre for African Studies and Executive Director of the Centre for International Studies.
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The misdeeds of the living bring fond memories of the dead. Very many official events in today’s Nigeria bring Fela Anikulapo Kuti to mind. One instance was on Tuesday when Nigerians began to share the news of what they saw as a fresh increase in electricity tariff. Its suddenness and the (now common) insensitivity by the authorities were the focus. But there was a quick interjection by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The commission came up with an elaborate statement to explain and clarify and, of course, deny that there was a hike in the price of electricity. The explanation was signed by Chairman or NERC, Sanusi Garba and Commissioner, Edafe C. Akpeneye. Then there was another one attributed simply to ‘Management’, directed at the media houses which had published that electricity tariff had gone up by 50 per cent.