There was a power outage on Monday while Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power briefed the senate committee on power on the reasons the federal government increased electricity tariff.
Power went out in the national assembly on Monday when Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power, was briefing the senate committee on power on the rationale behind the federal government’s recent hike in electricity tariff.in electricity tariff for customers under the Band A classification.
The development elicited outrage from citizens who asked the national assembly to pull the plug on the hike.Addressing the legislators, Adelabu said the nation would have been thrown into darkness if the federal government did not increase the electricity tariff.“With what we have now in the next three months, the entire country will be in darkness if we don’t increase tariff.“The increment will catapult us to the next level. We are also Nigerians, we are also feeling the impact.
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