The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and offices of the electricity distribution companies across the country, have been shut down by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress demanding the reversal of the tariff hike.
We gathered that the labour unions prevented AEDC staff from going into their offices as they resumed work today.
A joint statement by NLC Acting Secretary-General, Chris Uyot, and the TUC’s Acting Secretary-General, Ankan Hassan, had earlier issued directives for members of the labour unions to picket the Discos nationwide and NERC.
The Unions had called for a reversal of the April 3 electricity tariff which was increased for band A customers to 225naira per Kilowatt-hour from 68naira per Kilowatt-hour.
NERC later announced a minor reduction to 206 naira per Kilowatt-hour, but, the labour unions, dissatisfied with the tariff reduction, vowed to shut down Discos and NERC offices to meet their demand.
