The Deputy National Organizing Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Nze Chidi Duru, has urged the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to revoke the electricity tariff hike saying it is an anti-party move.
According to him, the current tariff hike for some consumers is one policy capable of hurting the electoral chances of the APC.
“This has unintended consequences for the government and for the party. People are groaning on account of difficulties and I call on the regulators to go to the Nigeria Communication Commission NCC and learn what they have been able to do. This is one policy that must not stand,” he warned on Tuesday, April 9 in Abuja.
Duru said it is not the duty of Nigerians to buy transformers, provide electrical poles and fund other installations that should naturally have been provided by the Distribution Companies DISCOS or Generating Companies GENCOS.
Asked if he wants the government to review the concession agreement, Duru replied:
“Of course, it has come to that. If they look at the terms of the contract government signed with the operators and if there is sufficient reason government should take over the agencies, DisCos and GenCos. It should because none of them have delivered on the duties imposed on that contract.
“Otherwise, why is it that Nigerians are still buying their transformers, cables, providing electricity for themselves, still generating power through other sources and still consuming diesel at inappropriate levels?
“Those selling generators are selling more than before and the volume of kilowatts of power available in the country continued to hover around 2000 to 6000 and never go beyond that. Was that not a reflection that there is not enough investment in that industry and a reflection that those operators don’t understand the business?”
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