Former vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has publicly rejected the recent increment in electricity tariffs by the federal government.
According a report in Thisday Newspaper, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the much-anticipated electricity tariff increase which took effect from September 1st, 2020.
The new tariff by NERC implies that residential consumers receiving a minimum of 12 hours of power supply will have an increased bill of over 70 per cent.
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Atiku has however argued that this new implementation would further impoverish Nigerians who are yet to come out of the lockdown.
He stated on Twitter:
“I reject the increased electricity tariffs. Coming out of the lockdown, Nigerians need a stimulus, not an impetuous disregard for the challenges they face. Many Nigerians have not earned an income for months, due to no fault of theirs. This increase is ill-timed and ill-advised.”
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