In a statement, the ANED Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Mr. Sunday Oduntan, said that the Distribution Companies had not submitted any proposal to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on tariff increase.
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Fashola further announced that the Debt Management Office (DMO) has come up with a financial scheme that will be used to assist the MDAs to pay their electricity bills.
Oduntan added that the group is taking the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatinde Fashola, on his promised that government was making arrangement for the payment.
Oduntan also noted that non-payment of electricity bill obligations and tariff that did not allow for full cost recovery could prevent the distribution companies from achieving desired outcome.
Oduntan said, “It is in our interests to patronise our local manufacturers and I assure Nigerians that we will do that.”
According to him, “Nigerians have an option between light and darkness. If we need darkness, let us continue the way we are going now. Let’s continue to say they should reverse the tariff, let’s continue to steal energy, let’s continue to vandalise gas pipelines, let’s continue not paying our bills.”
“I enjoin us to look at the issues in the sector. Inappropriate tariff leads to shortfalls and that leads to funding gaps which has risen above N300billion.
“This judgment, in our view, is a major setback to the progress made so far in the electricity sector,” Mr Akah said. “Therefore, we will challenge the decision.”
