Oladimeji RamonThe Incorporated Trustees of Human Rights Foundation has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to stop the proposed over 40 per cent increase in electricity tariff. In a suit filed before Justice Muslim Hassan, the group argued that “the implementation of the purported minor review of the Multi-Year Tariff Order will create unquantifiable hardship and damages on the Nigerian electricity consumers. “Consumers will be made to pay very high tariff, which has been increased by over 40 per cent across the board of which is currently being billed.”In an affidavit deposed to by Theodora Ubabunike, a lawyer, the human rights group said, “It will amount to a great injustice to impose arbitrary electricity tariff on Nigerian electricity consumers. “Nigerians will suffer monumental loss as many people will not be able to access power or access same at very high tariff. However, following argument by Chinedu on Monday, Justice Hassan declined granting the ex parte application but instead ordered the parties to maintain the status quo.

Source: Punch January 07, 2020 12:45 UTC