The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected plans by the Federal Authorities to regularise electrical energy tariffs for patrons for Bands A, B and C.
In a communique launched on Sunday after the Nationwide Government Council (NEC) in Yola, Adamawa State, the labour union vowed to steer mass nationwide protests throughout Nigeria ought to the federal government proceed with its plan.
Final Thursday, Minister of Energy, Adebayo Adelabu, mentioned decrease bands can be upgraded to Band A.
In its communique signal by NLC Common Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, the labour union rejected the “forcefully migration” of customers from decrease bands to Band A.
“On the Migration of Electrical energy Customers with a view to growing tariff: NEC unequivocally rejects the continuing sham reclassification of electrical energy customers by the Nigerian Electrical energy Regulatory Fee (NERC), which seeks to forcefully migrate customers from decrease bands to Band A below the guise of service enchancment whereas, in actuality, imposing unjustified extortion on the lots,” the NLC declared.
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“This systematic exploitation, sanctioned by the Ministry of Energy, is nothing wanting financial violence towards the working class and broader Nigerian populace.
“It’s evident that the ruling elite, appearing as enforcers of world monopoly capital, are decided to additional deepen the distress of the Nigerian folks by way of incessant tariff hikes, elevated taxation, and relentless financial strangulation.
“Whereas inflation has soared, wages stay stagnant, and the price of dwelling has change into insufferable, the ruling class continues to switch the burden of their fiscal irresponsibility onto the already impoverished working lots.
“NEC-in-session warns that any try to announce additional electrical energy tariff will increase shall be met with mass resistance.
“Consequently, the Congress resolves to right away mobilise for a nationwide protest ought to the Ministry of Energy and NERC proceed with their exploitative plan to additional hike electrical energy tariffs below any guise.
“The NLC shall not stand idly by whereas the Nigerian persons are subjected to the unholy machinations of capitalist profiteers and their state collaborators.”
For many years, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has been confronted with intractable power challenges, no because of an epileptic energy provide which considerably impacts productiveness ranges. Regardless of the privatisation of the electrical energy sector, energy technology, transmission and distribution have remained bogged with hydra-headed monsters of coverage inconsistency, low investments and operational challenges.
In 2024, NERC accepted the upward assessment of electrical energy costs with a unit of energy costing about N250 for Band A clients.
The price of petrol and diesel that are available options have equally elevated by fivefold, compounding the dilemma of customers. In the identical yr, NERC granted a minimum of some State’s Electrify Regulatory Commissions licenses to energy crops and energy distribution.
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