The Federal Government will next week hold a crucial meeting to address the demands by organised labour for the restoration of the power subsidy and the reversal of the hike in electricity tariff.

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Power, Mrs Florence Eke, disclosed this to The PUNCH, hours after the labour unions disrupted activities at the ministry in Abuja, on Monday.

However, organised labour has threatened to continue with the protest indefinitely, stressing that it might take drastic action should the government fail to reverse the tariff hike.

The protests paralysed activities at the Federal Ministry of Power, and the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission and also disrupted the operations of the distribution companies across the country.

The nationwide protests were triggered by the Federal Government’s decision to raise electricity tariffs and remove the subsidy from the power sector.

The NERC announced the hike in the electricity tariff for Band A customers at a press briefing in Abuja on April 3, revealing that those affected would pay N225 per kilowatt-hour, up from the previous rate of N68/kWh.

The hike represented a 240 per cent increase.

The development marked the removal of subsidy from the tariff of customers in the Band A category, who constituted about 15 per cent of the total 12.82 million power consumers across the country.

Based on the tariff hike, the Federal Government said it would save N1.5tn.

The government stated that the decision took effect on April 3, 2024, adding that Band A customers would enjoy up to 20 hours of power supply daily.

The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria had earlier given the NERC until May 12, to reverse the hike or face labour action.

Source: https://punchng.com/Electricity-tariff-hike-FG-convenes-meeting-as-Labour-threatens-indefinite-protest

Nigeria labour congress are toothless bulldog.

Apc Fg and fire brigade are like 5 and 6

I for once support this move by NLC.

Insensitive and government.

If NLC is planning war, fg should just look at them from window and go back to bed.

NLC should go and rest

unserious administration

Labour should keep quiet, Labour are not representing us but their pockets

Make labour no bring politics put 4 dis mata? Tinubu is trying his gud best 4 beta nigeria. Dont come disrupt his planned and agenda

Lol ... FG just dey use NLC dey play kalokalo

Why not convene the meeting prior to this time

Just that Labour have lost some of its respect. They would have remained apolitical.

With the Nigerian situation, it is almost IMPOSSIBLE for Labour to sustain an INDEFINITE protest

..APC have destroyed Nigeria. They are clueless and directionless.

I STAND WITH NLC. TINUBU CAN'T KILL US.

I STAND WITH NLC. TINUBU CAN'T KILL US...

adenigga:




Source: https://punchng.com/Electricity-tariff-hike-FG-convenes-meeting-as-Labour-threatens-indefinite-protest

Tinubu jagaban really disappointed yoruba race.... Or was it that NIGERIA is unredeemable

Hike fare in a day

Convene meeting next week to address it

Corn3 na joke

NLC r surely toothless bulldogs


Hunger dey ooooooo

muyico:
Make labour no bring politics put 4 dis mata? Tinubu is trying his gud best 4 beta nigeria. Dont come disrupt his planned and agenda

Baba Tinubu has no plan. He is neither here nor there

cenaman:
Nigeria labour congress are toothless bulldog.

the current Labour are the most useless Labour group in the world. People should just stone them anywhere they see them, they are working with Tinubu to rubb people. This is thier normal style, they will threaten protest, Tinubu government will convene meeting, they will decieve themselves, that's the end. Lies and surfering continue. Useless labour

cenaman:
Nigeria labour congress are toothless bulldog.

the current Labour are the most useless Labour group in the world. People should just stone them anywhere they see them, they are working with Tinubu to rubb people. This is thier normal style, they will threaten protest, Tinubu government will convene meeting, they will decieve themselves, that's the end. Lies and surfering continue. Useless labour. Even when it's president was brutally beating, we thought they will fight back not knowing it's just a make up. Thunder fire all these nonsense labour and Tinubu put together.

Useless country with useless leaders

I want to say that the Power Sector problem was as a result of Jonathan failure to sell old NEPA to serious investors that came to bid.

Jonathan sold it to unserious and incompetent local investors bcoz he wanted to satisfy some powers that be in order to realize his 2nd term ambition. They promised to inject funds into the sector, change transformers, change damage cables but they did nothing. The NERC that was supposed to ensure compliance was ineffective.

This is the genesis of the issues.

Meeting upon meeting. But when they want to tax Nigeria they don’t engage on meeting

Labour isn’t saying anything about their new minimum wage? Do they plan on embarking on strike for that at a different time?

cenaman:
Nigeria labour congress are toothless bulldog.

You that is a teethful tiger, go and do your own protest

Fire service FG

phemmie06:
Labour should keep quiet, Labour are not representing us but their pockets

is this what your friends told you in beer parlour?
Are you part of the NLC? or you just sit in the safety of your bed and type whatever?

When NLC was docile and incognito during the tenure of Ayuba Wabba (does anyone even remember that name?) , you complained.

Now NLC has continued to make their voice loud and always on governments neck, you complain.

What have you done to change this country besides complaining?

superCleanworks:


is this what your friends told you in beer parlour?
Are you part of the NLC? or you just sit in the safety of your bed and type whatever?

When NLC was docile and incognito during the tenure of Ayuba Wabba (does anyone even remember that name?) , you complained.

Now NLC has continued to make their voice

}⁰0⁰⁰loud and always on governments neck, you complain.

What have you done to change this country besides complaining?

You've spoken well but are you aware that labour has been disorganized from the inception of APC. What we have now is organized protest which would be done for three days at most and after that negotiation ( which has never been implemented) after that is suspension of such action which will hinder any organization from embarking on any action against hardship.

You can validate your position with prove while I do mine also

Tareq1105:
I want to say that the Power Sector problem was as a result of Jonathan failure to sell old NEPA to serious investors that came to bid.

Jonathan sold it to unserious and incompetent local investors bcoz he wanted to satisfy some powers that be in order to realize his 2nd term ambition. They promised to inject funds into the sector, change transformers, change damage cables but they did nothing. The NERC that was supposed to ensure compliance was ineffective.

This is the genesis of the issues.

Ok



Let's agree



So where do we put Buhari and his Siemens power deal?