CollinsOlayinka , Gloria Nwafor, Waliat Musa , Seye Olumide , Adewale Momoh and Lawrence Njoku Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria yesterday disrupted operations of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission and various distribution companies nationwide
The hike will result in massive job cuts as manufacturers will be forced to lay off workers due to a rise in production costs, the NLC and TUC maintained. Some of the inscriptions on their placards read: ‘Increase regulatory oversight on DisCos and GenCos, not tariff increase on poor and innocent Nigerians’; ‘Let the poor breath’; ‘Give us affordable and constant power’; ‘N208 per kilowatt is killing, reverse it now’; and ‘Electricity tariff increase, not acceptable’.
“Small and medium scale businesses which accommodate millions of workers in the informal economy are severely affected by increases in energy costs. Many such businesses are forced to shut down. The ancillary cost in crimes and social unrest is a daily living experience on our streets.” “We are selling ourselves short while our people suffer. We do not have enough to take care of ourselves. Electricity in Nigeria has become a breeding ground for corruption. It is high time we united our voices and said enough is enough. The wealthy must bear the burden of the poor, and we must be allowed to breathe,” Sessi said.
According to Ajaero, organised labour considered the electricity tariff hike unreasonable and draconian, targeted at the masses that were already suffering. The TUC chairman in the state, Clement Fatuase, called on Tinubu to halt what he described as anti-masses policies, adding that the tariff hike will put more burdens on Nigerians.
He said: “We discovered that the Federal Government is so silent over the tariff hike and we observed that the Federal Government is intentionally supporting them to frustrate us. We say no to increment in tariff. Before now, we didn’t have adequate electricity supply, despite paying huge amounts of money.
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has requested an extension of the duration of the Lives and Livelihoods Fund project within the state to broaden the scope of beneficiaries and enhance the economic sustainability of the North West.
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