The hike in electricity tariff against widespread opposition of Nigerians smacks of gross insensitivity on the part of the authorities to the high level of poverty and suffering of Nigerians. An albatross on Nigeria from which there seems to be no escape for the people would seem to have been made heavier on their necks.
Coming barely a year after the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) announced a sharp increase in electricity tariff, the latest hike, even when there is yet no appreciable improvement in power supply, is a slap in the face of Nigerians who have been made victims of oppressive electricity merchants. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, had, about a month ago, disclosed that electricity tariffs would be increased, evidently, against the backdrop of low power output.
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