A thread on why PREPAID METER being distributed TO ALL may never be achieved in Nigeria. After the Nigerian Police, Nigerian Electricity distribution companies are next on the list of corruption. This has been in existence from time immemorial, just like barracks, many government have come and gone but the[Read More…]
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Group reacts to mass disconnection order by Ikeja Electric.
In a bid to collect bills owed by consumers in March 2020 by Ikeja electric, the organisation issue statement on their intention to embark on Mass disconnection of consumers who failed to pay the estimated bill even without effects to the capping templates as directed by Nerc. Our engagement with[Read More…]
Electricity tariff to increase from tomorrow
Nigerians will from tomorrow, April 1, 2020, pay more for electricity, Consumers Assembly has learnt. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission had disclosed this in its December 2019 Minor Review of Multi-Year Tariff Order 2015 and Minimum Remittance Order for the Year 2020. Checks shows that the decision to increase tariff[Read More…]
Consumers seek holistic power sector audition
President, Nigeria Consumer Protection Network, Mr. Kunde Olubiyo, at the weekend set an agenda for the Federal Government on the ongoing forensic audit of the 11 electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) should extend to the generation and distribution subsectors. Asked to outline areas that the government should look into in the[Read More…]
NERC adjourns TCN presentation on spinning reserve
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Wednesday adjourned its session on the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to next Monday because the Market Operator (MO), Engr. Edmund Eje, who made the presentation, was not detailed. The session was to deliberate on the tariff for the spinning reserve for the national[Read More…]
Nigeria operates cheapest electricity tariff in West Africa – Mohammed
The Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed, said Nigeria has the cheapest electricity tariff in the West African sub-region, and called for immediate review of tariffs. According to him, an estimated N1.7 trillion had been spent to subsidise electricity industry in the last six[Read More…]
NERC orders metering of electricity consumers by April 30
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the Distribution Companies (DisCos) to ensure that electricity consumers are metered by April 30. NERC said this in an order signed by NERC’s Chairman, James Momoh, and Commissioner, Legal, Licensing and Compliance, Dafe Akpeneye, obtained from the commission’s website in Abuja on[Read More…]
EDOSCO reject increment in electricity tariff
Members of Edo Civil Society Organisations were fully present at the stakeholder’s meeting held in Benin today on the proposed increment in electricity tariff by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company. EDOCSO position was that, the proposed electricity tariff increment should be jettisoned as the power company have failed in discharging[Read More…]
NERC puts limits on Discos’ estimated billing
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has placed limits on estimated bills that can be issued by electricity distribution companies to unmetered consumers. It said it had cancelled the Estimated Billing Methodology Regulation as a basis for computing the consumption of unmetered customers by the Discos. NERC disclosed this in its[Read More…]
DisCos: On the five years contract signed in January 2015.
Consumers’Assembly learnt that, they were to install prepaid meters to *ALL* consumers within two years. They failed. *THEY CHARGE ESTIMATED BILLS.* They were to replace all the wooden poles with *CONCRETE POLE* within the same period. They violated and failed! *NIGERIANS BUY POLES FOR THE DISCOS.* They were to build[Read More…]
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FG Revenue Rises 76% to N12.5tn, Fueled by Tax and Oil Gains — Budget Office
The Federal Government’s earnings have increased by 76 percent, rising from N7.1 trillion in 2022 to N12.5 trillion in 2023, due to higher taxes and oil revenues. This information was revealed in the recently released 2025-2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper from the Ministry of Budget and[Read More…]