TARIFF HIKE: NLC, TUC SHUT DOWN JOS DISCo, TCN OFFICES

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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) officials have sealed the offices of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), and Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDCo) in Bauchi.

The development followed non-compliance to letters allegedly written to electricity operators and regulators to reduce electricity costs and introduce bands for consumers in the state.

The leadership and members of the two unions converged at the entrance of the main office of the Jos Electricity Distribution Company, where they sealed the gate and prevented staff and other visitors from entering the building.

The NLC and TUC enforcement moved to the NERC and TCN offices in different locations within Bauchi metropolis to ensureĀ they were also closed.

During the peaceful protest, members of the two unions were seen displaying placards with various inscriptions, like ā€œNLC/TUC Says No To Exploitation,ā€Ā  ā€œNo Segregation in Power Supply,ā€ and ā€œNo More Band A, B, or even Z.ā€

Addressing their members, Bauchi State NLC Chairperson, Comrade Dauda Shuaibu, said that the unionā€™s SWC held a meeting in Abuja on April 30 and wrote to the discos to make an immediate reversal of the new tariff.

ā€œThe joint NEC of the NLC and TUC wrote the same letter to them to reverse the tariff, and we issued a letter which we are expecting them to reverse. Their failure to reverse it is the result of what we are implementing here this morning and across the nation.ā€

ā€œWe have received reliable information that the JEDC office in Yelwa is selling units and making remittances, we are going there to stop that. We will ensure that the entire office were shut down, no operations.

ā€œItā€™s a clarion call for all of us to stand resolutely. We have started this struggle, and there is no going back until the new tariff on electricity is reversed.

ā€œWe know how we are suffering, and everyone knows that Nigerians are facing hard times. Even with the increase, the supply is not there.

ā€œTherefore, we are calling on the Federal Government to immediately reverse it. Otherwise, there is no going back, we will shut down the whole electricity supply system in this country,ā€ he said.

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