The labour movement has commenced mobilisation of
Nigerians for a nationwide protest on Monday over the
increase in electricity tariffs announced by the
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission.
The President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Ayuba
Wabba, said in a statement on Thursday that the
planned protest, which will involve the NLC, the Trade
Union Congress and electricity consumers, would hold
simultaneously in all the 36 states of the federation
and the Federal Capital Territory.
Wabba said that all electricity consumers, who were
unhappy with the new price regime, were invited to
participate in the protest.
The NLC president said that the organised labour
decided to embark on the protest after all efforts to
get NERC to drop the idea of increasing the tariffs
failed.
He said the stipulated procedure for an increase in
tariff as stated in Section 76 of the Power Sector Act,
2005 was not followed.
Wabba said there was a subsisting court order by
Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court,
Ikoyi, Lagos, in a case between Toluwani Yemi-Adebiyi
and NERC, that there shall be no further increase in
electricity tariffs.
He said that the current tariff increase was illegal as
it was announced in violation of a subsisting court
order.
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