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January 6, 2020
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP and other stakeholders have rejected the alleged electricity tariff increase, as the regulatory agency refuted approving any increase.
Therewere reports indicating that electricity consumers would pay more tariff fromApril this year, based on a slight review of the Multi Year Tariff Order, MYTO2015 and the Minimum Remittance Order, MRO for 2020 published by NigerianElectricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.
Inits reaction, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in astatement described the alleged increase in electricity tariff as an attempt toworsen the fleecing of Nigerians, who are already. It added that the intendedincrease as unfair and completely against the interest and wellbeing ofNigerians.
Also,the National Coordinator of the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria,HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National Media Affairs Director Zainab Yusuf,said the focus of the Federal Government should not be to impose grave hardshipon the populace, but on how quality education could be delivered to millions ofthe children of Nigerian suffering families that would be returning to schoolsin the next few days.