Photos: Labour unions picket NERC offices in Abuja, Lagos, Kano, others over tariff hike

  • 📰 vanguardngrnews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 30 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 15%
  • Publisher: 75%

Nigeria Headlines News

Nigeria Latest News,Nigeria Headlines

Members of organised labour have picketed the offices of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) nationwide.

Members of organised labour have picketed the offices of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission nationwide.

The Nigeria Labour Congress , Trade Union Congress are protesting the increase in electricity tariff. The unionists, on Monday, arrived at the NERC office located at Novel House in Ikeja, Lagos, around 9:40am. The NLC chairperson in Lagos, Funmi Sessi, while addressing workers at the complex, asked them to vacate their offices.

Sessi said the unions do not understand the regulatory functions of NERC amid the epileptic power supply in the country.Similarly, Labour has also shut NERC offices in Jos, Akwa Ibom, Benin, Kaduna and in other capital cities across the country.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 5. in NG

Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Photos: Labour shuts DisCos in Jos, Ebonyi, Kano, Kaduna over tariff hike (Photos)Reacting to the hike in electricity tariff, NLC and TUC shut down offices of DisCos and NERC in Plateau, Ebonyi, Kano and Kaduna on Monday.
Source: vanguardngrnews - 🏆 5. / 75 Read more »

‘Electricity Supply Still At Infancy’, Says NERC As Labour Battles DisCosThe Latest News from Nigeria and Around the World
Source: channelstv - 🏆 7. / 63 Read more »

Tariff hike: Labour protests, disconnects NERC, TCN, DisCos’ officesOrganized Labour yesterday shut down the headquarters of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, and Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, headquarters over the recent hike in electricity tariff.
Source: vanguardngrnews - 🏆 5. / 75 Read more »

Labour fumes, pickets NERC, DISCOs in Lagos over electricity tariff hikeThe Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, Lagos State Chapter, has criticised the timing of the increase in electricity tariff, citing the prevailing economic challenges facing the nation at the moment.
Source: DailyPostNGR - 🏆 11. / 59 Read more »

Electricity tariff: Labour pickets NERC, DisCos in LagosThe Nation Newspaper Electricity tariff: Labour pickets NERC, DisCos in Lagos
Source: TheNationNews - 🏆 6. / 69 Read more »

Labour protests hike in electricity tariff at EEDC, NERC offices in EbonyiOrganized Labour in Ebonyi on Monday protested the hike in electricity tariff at the Abakaliki office of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company(EEDC) and National Electricity Regulatory Commission(NERC) office in the State.
Source: vanguardngrnews - 🏆 5. / 75 Read more »