The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has rejected plans by the Federal Government to regularise electricity tariffs for customers for Bands A, B, and C.
In a communique released on Sunday after the National Executive Council (NEC) in Yola, Adamawa State, the labour union vowed to lead mass nationwide protests across Nigeria should the government continue with its plan.
Last Thursday, Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said lower bands would be upgraded to Band A.
In its communique signed by NLC General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, the labour union rejected the “forceful migration” of consumers from lower bands to Band A.
“On the Migration of Electricity Consumers with a view to increasing tariff: NEC unequivocally rejects the ongoing sham reclassification of electricity consumers by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), which seeks to forcefully migrate consumers from lower bands to Band A under the guise of service improvement while, in reality, imposing unjustified extortion on the masses,” the NLC declared.
