Ahead the Nationwide Protest, the House of Representatives has asked the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to revert to the old electricity tariff.
These was contained in a report by the ad hoc committee to investigate the recent electricity tariff hike for customers in the Band A category.
The report, presented by the Chairman of the joint committee, Victor Nwokolo, made three recommendations to the House, which the Committee of the Whole adopted.
However, that in April, the Tinubu government announced a hike in the electricity tariff, affecting customers in the Band A category, who represent 17 per cent of the customers and consume 40 per cent of the electricity output.
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The policy have allowed DISCOs to raise electricity prices to ₦225 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour from ₦68 in return for guaranteeing 20 hours of electricity supply per day.
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