[FILES] Electricity workers. Photo/KoborAmos • Consumers to pay more for electricity from January 2022 • ‘Electricity now represents 80% production cost’ • 20 per cent of industries in A’Ibom, C’River have shut down • Households lament frequent hikes • MAN […]
Day: 21 September 2021
Nigerians To Pay More For Electricity As FG Ends N30bn Monthly Subsidy
•OPS laments inefficiency in DisCos, says increase’ll impose more hardship More difficult times await Nigerians in the months ahead as the Federal Government yesterday announced it is ending the N30 billion monthly electricity subsidy by January 2022. The decision is also […]
Minister Seeks UN Financial Support for Power Sector
Minister of State, Power, Mr. Goddy Jedy-Agba has called on the United Nations (UN) to make additional financial support available to intervene in the power sector. The minister made the call recently when he paid the UN Deputy Secretary General, […]
NDPHC: We Can’t Sell Expensive Power To Residential Customers
The Managing Director, Niger Delta Power Holding Plc, Mr Chiedu Ugbo, has reiterated that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) must consider retail customers and the poor masses in the implementation of the Eligible Customers Regulation (ECR). Ugbo stated this […]