The feeble denial of Nerc on their website of an existing intending to increase tarrif won’t deter us from the action we have highlighted for ourselves at all electricity consumers protection forum. We won’t let us be caught off guard as it’s obvious the post made here today me must have engineer such denial.
We will engage them through letter and let them know why such increase not feasible and possible this year, we will remind them what MYTO review exercise stipulates of they feign ignorance and we will also let them know that section 59 of 1999 constitution is not ambiguous as to who can aporved increase in tax and tariff.
The MYTO review is 5 years and the last major review was Feb 3. 2016 which was dubbed cost reflectove tarrif by fashola the the. Minister. It will interest the present nerc that the then minister said, this review will be 10 years instead of 5 years stipulated and in just 4 years of the last major review you are toying with another 79% increase.
Many consumers still buy transformers and line materials, your new Map scheme is not holistically implement by the discos while a disco like Abuja electric go the whole hugs, Ikeja and other sin Lagos and Ogun are paying lip service to it. Many have even paid among consumers yet they have not been metered after 2 months. Instead for nerc to concentrate on that, Nad see tgeri policies obeye and implement, they are busy ready to satisfy the hunger of the bujure in the industry and prove to our imagination that they are only here to rubber stamp any oppressive move of the hegemoniea in the power sector.
It’s obvious nerc and discos won’t want to see the motehr of all mobilized rally and protest. 10000 of Nigeria police and SSS won’t be able to stop it. Let the nerc be aware that we will not accept any policy in favor of of discos to detriment and neglect of the consumers section 32 of power sector reform act 2005 stated clearly the role of nerc among the stakeholdrs without fear or favour. I rest my case.
Bar. Adeola Samuel Ilori, national coordinator, All electricity consumers protection forum
