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March 25, 2019
Oilworkers have warned the federal government against any hike in electricitytariff.
ThePetroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN saidconsumers should not be forced to pay for services that are not rendered.
TheAssociation said in a communique after a national executive council meeting inLagos that it would not condone any attempt at hiking the current electricitytariffs as it is being contemplated.
Theunion’s President Francis Olabode and General Secretary Lumumba Okugbawa saidelectricity consumers should pay for services rendered, not seem to have beenrendered.
Theunion insists that tariff can only be hiked when electricity is stable.
It,therefore urged government at all levels to create the enabling environment sothat the country’s abundant gas resource can be harnessed to provide investorsin the energy sector with ample opportunities to invest in and flourish.