The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company on Monday announced that it has its Band A customer tariff from N225/kWh to N206.80/KWh. It would be recalled that the Electricity Regulatory Commission had, on April 3, revised the electricity tariff for Band A customers from N68 per kilowatt-hour to N255/KWh, saying other customers were not affected by the…
Nigerians are set to experience a nationwide blackout following the decision of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) to withdraw its service if the Nigerian Government fails to rescind the recently approved electricity tariff hike. According to Dominic Igwebike, the acting General Secretary of NUEE, in a statement addressed to the Minister of Power,…
As the new electricity tariff continues to generate controversy amongst the people, owing to the epileptic power supply in recent times, Adebayo Adelabu, the Minister of Power, while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, disclosed that if the exchange rate falls below N1,000 to a dollar, the N225 kilowatt-hours being paid by electricity…
No fewer than 11 electricity distribution companies (DiCos) have been given till April 11, 2024, by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to refund customers wrongly billed at the new rate. According to a document signed by Mr Abba Terab, the DGM, Market Competition and Rates for the commission and made available on Saturday in…
The Federal Government on Friday hinted at an increase in electricity tariff across all other categories. The announcement was made 48 hours after the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) approved an increase in electricity tariff for customers under the Band A classification. According to Adebayo Adelabu, the Minister of Power, while Speaking at a briefing…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), at a press briefing, announced the approval of the increase of electricity tariff for customers under the Band A classification. Musliu Oseni, NERC’s Vice Chairman, while announcing in Abuja on Wednesday, said the increase will see the customers pay N225 kilowatt per hour from the current N66. The customers…
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, revealed that the country’s power debt has continued to rise while declaring that it was now “very difficult to sustain subsidy on electricity”. Adebayo Adelabu, the Minister of Power, while speaking at a press conference, disclosed that Nigeria must begin to move towards a cost-effective tariff model, adding that the…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday, signed the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, into law. Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed this in a statement he signed Friday titled ‘President Tinubu assents to Electricity Act (amendment) bill.’ The statement reads, “The Electricity Act (Amendment)…
The House of Representatives on Thursday, directed the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) not to approve the proposed increase in electricity tariffs. It was gathered that the lower legislative chamber passed the resolution during a plenary session, following the adoption of a motion which was sponsored by a member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party…
Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), has revealed that there will be interruption of power in some locations of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) beginning from November 25, 2022 to November 26, 2022. The distribution company, in a signed public information released by its management, revealed that the power interruption would ensure that the Transmission Company…
Two middle-aged women, Mrs Evelyn Eriamator, and Mrs Bright Isibor were on Friday, arrested by the operatives of the Edo Police Command for allegedly bypassing their prepaid meters in Benin. The joint team of BEDC staff and police personnel went round the metropolis of the state, looking for offenders. During the patrol, two women were…
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), has again issued threat to close down the national grid. According to the employees of the electricity organization, the ultimatum of two weeks given to the federal government to put an end to the crisis had elapsed. The zonal organizing secretary, North West of NUEE, Comrade Dukat Ayuba,…
Electricity workers under the umbrella of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have revealed that privatisation of the power sector in Nigeria has failed. The workers made this revelation on Monday. The workers, while speaking at a press conference in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state, on Monday, called on the Buhari-led administration to…
National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has called off its nationwide strike. The decision followed an emergency meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige on Wednesday. The minister’s spokesman Olajide Oshundun, announced that Ngige intervened in the industrial action. NUEE Secretary General, Joe Ajaero, assured that electricity would be restored across the…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has suggested a solution to the ceaseless collapse of the national grid. The former vice president has suggested innovative financing of infrastructure in the power sector. The former VP has via post on his Facebook page, wrote: “I am reliably informed that there was…
The University College Hospital, Ibadan has said that it has withdrawn its memo which mandates patients using the health facility to pay a sum of N1,000 per day. We recall that an internal memo, which was obtained by our correspondent, has said that each of the patient using the facility is to pay N1,000 on…
Residents of Oko-Erin community, a suburb in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara, have appealed to the State Government to restore electricity supply to the community. A resident of the community, Alhaji Oba Adebayo, made the plea while addressing newsmen on Tuesday in Ilorin. Adebayo appealed to Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq to save the community…
Following the recent collapse of the national grid in 2022, Lagos State and seven other states, on Monday, witnessed blackout. According to reports, the states affected include Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States, among others. In a text message to its customers, The Eko Electricity Distribution Company, said that the system…
