The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said any attempt by the federal government to increase electricity tariff will be met with stiff resistance by workers and Nigerians.
There have been reports in some section of the media that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), under the Service Based Tariff (SBT) programme, had designed an incremental tariff with an upward review.
But the NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba in a letter addressed to the Minister of Power, reminded the government that organized Labour on September 28, 2020 through the Federal Government – Organized Labour Committee on Electricity Tariff agreed to freeze further increases in electricity tariff until the committee concludes its work and its report adopted by all the Principals in the Committee.
He stated that in light of this agreement, Labour will ordinarily dismiss the ongoing speculation on increase in electricity tariff as mere speculations.
The NLC President however, cautioned that, “We, however, find it prudent to put you on notice that should government make true the swirling speculation by approving an increase in electricity tariff, Organized Labour would be left with no option than to deploy the industrial mechanisms granted in our laws for the defense of workers’ rights.”
