The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to abandon any plans to increase electricity tariffs, warning of mass resistance against further hikes.
In a communique issued after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Yola, Adamawa State, the NLC also threatened to shut down telecommunications companies that fail to implement the agreed 35% tariff increase, instead of the 50% hike earlier approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
The NEC members strongly condemned what they described as the “sham reclassification” of electricity consumers by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), alleging that the move seeks to forcibly migrate consumers from lower bands to Band A under the pretense of service improvement, while in reality imposing undue financial burdens on Nigerians.