THE Organized Labour on Monday stormed the headquarters of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, and the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, protesting over hike in electricity tariff.
The organized labour described the privatization in the power sector as a ‘colossal failure ‘ and demanded a complete reversal of the exercise and recovery of all public electricity assets sold.
The protesting workers carried placards with inscriptions such as,’We are not generator Republic,’ IMF, World Bank, leave Nigeria Power Sector alone, “Let the Poor breathe. Give us affordable and constant light, among others. “The stagnancy in wage amidst increases in electricity and refined petroleum products push workers over and beyond the limits of sanity and survival.
The NLC President said that the agreement includes the review of the privatisation exercise, de- dollarization of gas supply to electricity generation, distribution of pre paid meters to all electricity consumers in Nigeria, among others. He said that the commission has taken input from their demands as relates to the affordability of the tariff it issued, adding, “we have also listened to you and we have listened to the concerns of Nigerians.
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