LAGOS —Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, is meeting with the management of distribution companies, DISCOs, today with a view to acquainting himself with them and also intimate them about his expectations from them on the way forward.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has “received several documents from the World Bank totalling over 700 pages on information on the spending of recovered assets stolen by the late General Abacha, with some of the documents suggesting that Abacha loot was spent on roads, electricity, education, health and water.”

Life for no fewer than 200,000 residents in over 50 communities within the Gbaji-Seme border axis of Badagry West Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, has been 16 years of untold hardship and endless wait for electricity.

Despite the huge investments made in the energy sector since the privatisation of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, about 75 percent of the Nigerian population still live without access to regular electricity supply.

ELECTRICITY workers have petitioned the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, urging it to prevail on its member, Mr. Joe Gadzama (SAN), to allow due process for the labour issues agreed upon between the Federal Government and the unions in the power sector in the privatization of the defunct Power Holding Company for Nigeria, PHCN, to be resolved

Life for no fewer than 200, 000 residents residing in over 50 communities within the Gbaji-Seme Border axis of Badagry West Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, has been 16 years of untold hardship and endless wait without power electricity.

SENATE President, Bukola Saraki, yesterday, advocated strict sanctions against electricity distribution companies,Discos, who fail to live up to the terms of agreements they reached with the Federal Government before commencing operations.

GOVERNOR Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, weekend, ordered the immediate restoration of electricity to Okobo Local Government Area of the state that has been without power in the past five years.

Despite resistance from Nigerians, the Federal Government, yesterday, insisted that the proposed increase in electricity tariffs would commence from October

No fewer than 10 persons suspected to be electricity installation vandals have been electrocuted within the jurisdiction of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) since January 2014, an official said.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja pledged that his administration would ensure steady electricity supply for faster socio-economic development.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has granted operatinglicence to international oil company, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, MPN, to build and operate a 575-megawatt power plant in Eket,AkwaIbom State.

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, Mr Godknows Igali, says 311 Investors have so far indicated interest in partnering with the ministry to boost electricity supply across the country.

The Chief Executive Officer, General Electric (GE) Nigeria, Mr. Lazarus Angbazo has decried the deficit in power generation in Nigeria, describing it as the bane of rapid development of critical sectors of the economy.

THERE has been a lot of outrage over the recent increase in electricity tariffs. On one hand, people are complaining they were not well informed. People are not convinced. A lot of issues which I hope will be brought to the fore today. Mr. Ojuroungbe, is there a direct relationship between electricity tariffs and business?