Disturbed by the insistence of the
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to enforce the new power
tariffs from February 1, consumers have resolved to petition the National Assembly and the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on the matter.
Towards the end of December last year,
NERC announced a new tariff regime in which it raised the amounts
payable for units of electricity by different categories of consumers by
over 45 per cent and recently insisted that the new rates would be
enforced from next month.
But consumers, under the aegis of the
Nigerian Electricity Consumer Advocacy Network, has urged the government
and the National Assembly not to allow the electricity distribution
companies to implement the increase in tariffs.
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| Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babtunde Fashola |
The Chairman, NECAN, Mr. Tomy
Akingbogun, told our correspondent on Monday that the body had met with
the heads of various consumer advocacy groups in states across the
country and the demand of power consumers was unanimous.
