NLC, TUC shut down Ikeja, Ibadan, Abuja DisCos over electricity tariff hike
By Sikiru Yusuf, Osogbo
The workers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, thronged the offices of the DisCos on Monday, preventing workers from resuming work for the day.
In Lagos, the workers were sighted at the corporate headquarters of the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, singing and calling for the reversal of the Band A tariff.
In Oyo, protesters stormed the office of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, picketing the same.
Our correspondent gathered that policemen were in attendance to forestall any breakdown of law and order.
In Kogi State, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), led by it state chairman Comrade Gabriel Amari also stormed the office of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) in Lokoja.
Comrade Amari said the increase in electricity tariffs by the federal government is a daylight robbery on Nigerians.
The NLC Chairman appealed to the government to reverse the electricity tariffs, stressing that, the present administration has continued to cause untold hardship to innocent Nigerians.
The NLC and TUC gave the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission a seven-day ultimatum to reverse the revised tariff.
However, the Federal Government said a reversal of the tariff would spell doom for the power sector, urging Nigerians to bear the temporary pains.
Amid this, the International Monetary Fund has advised the Federal Government to remove electricity subsidies in other bands to save the economy.