Regardless of the reason for the increase, NLC threatened to lead mass resistance against any additional hikes
In a statement released yesterday, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) encouraged the Federal Government to abandon any planned rise in the tariff for electricity, regardless of the reason for the increase, and threatened to lead mass resistance against any additional hikes of this kind.
This happened at the same time that it threatened to shut down operations of telecommunications companies in the event that they failed to implement the 35 percent tariff hike that was agreed upon with the government.
This was in contrast to the fact that the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, had previously approved a fifty percent increase.
“The ongoing sham reclassification of electricity consumers by the NERC, which seeks to forcefully migrate consumers from lower bands to Band A under the guise of service improvement while, in reality, imposing unjustified extortion on the masses,” the National Local Council (NLC) stated in a communique that was issued at the conclusion of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Yola, Adamawa State. The communique was issued by the NEC.
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