The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu on Thursday condemned the moves by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to hike electricity tariff in the country and cautioned the Commission to shelve the idea in the overall interest of the Nation. Elumelu insisted that Nigerians were currently passing through grave economic stress and anything that would aggravate the situation, such as an increase in electricity tariff, “is completely unacceptable”. The Minority leader who noted that electricity was pivotal to the economic and social lives of Nigerians urged NERC to rather seek ways of making power affordable and available to Nigerians, in line with its establishment laws, instead of an increase in tariff. The Minority leader, therefore, directed all members of the minority caucus in relevant committees to intensify their oversight functions in this direction in the interest of Nigerians.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 09, 2020 15:45 UTC