Nigerians to pay more for electricity from July
igerians are expected to pay higher electricity tariff from next month, the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, insisted yesterday.
Mamman said: “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has also affected our laid out plan for the repositioning of the electricity market towards financial sustainability under the Power Sector Recovery Programme . “The impact of this means the subsidy being incurred in maintaining the current tariff level had to be maintained till July 2020 when the proposed tariff review will be implemented.”
He said: “Note that the teething issues as well as the legacy issues affecting the power sector is primarily an issue of infrastructural deficit and lack of coordination in the sector. He lamented further that the COVID-19 pandemic, has had a great economic impact – not just on the health sector, but the overall economy of the country.
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