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The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has condemned the hike in electricity tariffs across Nigeria by the Nigeria n Electricity Regulatory Commission , describing the act as insensitive, inhuman, and evil.
"We note that in the immediate aftermath of the announcement of the tariff hike, NERC claimed that the hike affects only twelve per cent of electricity consumers who enjoy minimum of twenty hours of electricity a day. The truth has become stark that this is stark lie. The hike, according to data put out by the DISCOS, affects all electricity consumers.
"According to the global news agency Reuters, between the launch of the schemes in October 2022 and March 2023, nearly 21 billion pounds was spent on the Energy Price Guarantee programme that supports households with their bills, the government said. "Not here in Nigeria, where the government spends money on frivolities with no real economic impacts on households or on the lives of ordinary citizens. Here, the directive principle of state policy is 'go and die.'
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