NES27: Nigerians willing to pay cost-reflective electricity tariff — World Bank
The Country Director, World Bank Group, Shubham Chaudhuri, has said Nigerians were ready to pay for electric power if it is available and reliable.
Private varsities demand tariff exemption from FG
The Association of Pro-Chancellors of Private Universities of Nigeria, APPUN, has called on the Federal Government to speedily put in place a policy for tariff exemptions for private universities.
Unending storm over electricity tariff hike
February 1, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC,approved the takeoff of new electricity structure under the Multi Year Tariff Order, MYTO 2015. Prior to the takeoff, there were scepticisms about whether the new rates will come to be or not given the public outcry and resistance even from the legislators.
NERC unveils new electricity tariff, abolishes fixed charge
The National Electricity Regulation Commission, NERC, on Monday, unveiled a new increment of average of N9.00 electricity tariff for all classes of consumers of the product, which will become effective from the next billing period, just as it also, announced the abolition of the contentious fixed charges for all electricity consumers.
Electricity tariff hike set for October – FG
Despite resistance from Nigerians, the Federal Government, yesterday, insisted that the proposed increase in electricity tariffs would commence from October
Activists, labour, journalists, lawyers move against electricity tariffs, petition UN
A coalition of human rights activists, labour, journalists and lawyers have moved against the recent increase in electricity tariffs and petitioned Ms. Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights.
