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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Authorities to desert any plans to extend electrical energy tariffs, warning of mass resistance towards additional hikes.
In a communique issued after its Nationwide Govt Council (NEC) assembly in Yola, Adamawa State, the NLC additionally threatened to close down telecommunications firms that fail to implement the agreed 35% tariff enhance, as a substitute of the 50% hike earlier accepted by the Nigerian Communications Fee (NCC).
The NEC members strongly condemned what they described because the “sham reclassification” of electrical energy shoppers by the Nigerian Electrical energy Regulatory Fee (NERC), alleging that the transfer seeks to forcibly migrate shoppers from decrease bands to Band A underneath the pretense of service enchancment, whereas in actuality imposing undue monetary burdens on Nigerians.
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