This implies that the tariff being paid by power users currently, will be reviewed and a new tariff will take effect from July 1, 2023.
The Executive Director, Research and Advocacy of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, Sunday Oduntan, told our correspondent that Discos would only act based on instruction from NERC.
When asked whether the NERC had given the Discos the approval to raise the tariffs, Oduntan replied, “When they tell us to do this, then we follow that instruction.”But the acting General Secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees, Dominic Igwebuike, said any move by Discos or the NERC to hike tariffs would be resisted by electricity workers.
The NERC, however, did not comment on the issue, as its spokesperson, Usman Arabi, said he was out of the country, while other officials at the commission refused to speak on the matter when contacted. On his part, the Deputy-President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Gabriel Idahosa, rejected the proposed hike, noting that it would negatively impact the productive sector of the economy.
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