"Please be informed of the downward tariff review of our Band A feeders from N225/kwh to N206.80/kwh effective 6th May 2024 with guaranteed availability of 20-24 hours daily," Ikeja Electric wrote in a notice to its customers on Monday.
We must declare a deliberate war against it. Not another war fought by sloganeering and jamboree-conferences, but a scientific war fought businesslike, with tears in our eyes and pain in our hearts, conscious of the many decades we lost to executive indolence and planlessness.
The story about Nigeria's electricity sector is characterised by the abject state of deficiency, corruption and potential that define it. And in every electoral cycle, it provides a talking point for politicians aspiring for public office.
Kama said the legislative motion on increase in electricity tariff seeks to address key issues surrounding the sudden hike in electricity prices in Nigeria.
In the face of this regime of extortion, this era of extortionate energy pricing, this propensity to take an arm and a leg for light, and eons of sighs and sneers, what’s this darkness? What is this death of light, this dearth of power?