By Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South-West,Victor AhiumaYoung, Demola Akinyemi, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Peter Duru, Bashir Bello, Obas Esiedesa, Marie-Therese Nanlong, James Ogunnaike, Shina Abubakar, Ibrahim Hassan, Charly Agwam & Laolu Elijah
Recall that leaders of NLC and their TUC counterparts had on May 3, 2024, written to the Minister of Power, and the Chairman/CEO, of NERC, giving them the May 12 deadline to reverse the electricity tariff increase or face industrial unrest.NERC had earlier announced a hike in electricity tariff across the nation for Band A customers from N65/kwh to N225/Kwh which attracted condemnation from many sections of the country, including Organized Labour.
“Organised labour in Nigeria is forced to the conclusion that the privatisation of the power sector in Nigeria is a colossal failure. “We are very serious about our demand that NERC and TCN reverse the recent tariff hike. The tariff is killing. ‘’The commission had earlier given deadlines for the banks to divest their shares and exit from the distribution companies because we want proper core investors sitting on these boards.”
The protesters blocked the main gate of the company and prevented staff from gaining entrance to the premises, while demanding a reversal of the tariff hike. Led by leaders of NLC and TUC in the state, the protesters blocked the entrance of the two offices and crippled their operations “We have already accomplished that of IBEDC in Leme because I must confess to you the price hike is anti-human and it is unfriendly to labour.In Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, labour leaders, led by the state chairman of NLC, Kayode Martins, and the Vice Chairman of TUC, Ranti Oluwawemimo, stormed the IEDC at 9 am and disrupted its operations
TUC vice chairman in the state, Oluwawemimo, said: “They have driven us to the wall and there’s nothing left for us than to turn back and face us. They are making life difficult for us. ‘’They have almost snuffed life out of us. In a saner clime, if they want to remove subsidy on anything, their government will first put some measures in place to cushion the effects but in Nigeria, it is not so.
Among the IBEDC offices crippled by the protesters included Challenge, Babo-Oko and Ita-Alamu Amareas all within the Ilorin metropolis.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
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