A federal high court sitting in Kano has granted an interim order restraining the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) from implementing a hike in electricity tariff for Band A customers in the state.
A federal high court sitting in Kano has granted an interim order restraining the National Electricity Regulatory Commission from implementing a hike in electricity tariff for Band A customers in the state.
Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman, who granted the order also directed NERC and KEDCO to stop taking any step, pending hearing and determination of a motion on notice filed by the applicants. The court order followed hearing of a motion of exparte moved by the counsel for the applicants, Abubakar Balarabe Mahmud and Yahaya Isa Abdulkareem, supported by an affidavit sworn to by one Engineer Aliyu Jibrin Abdullahi.
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