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Nigeria:
Fashola Begs Nigerians to Accept Hike in Electricity Tariff
Vanguard, 8 February 2016
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has noted that the increase in electricity tariffs is the first major policy the administration of President… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NLC, CSOs Shut Down Kano Disco Office
Guardian, 8 February 2016
Amid tight security the Kano state branches of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Unions Congress, alongside students' bodies and other civil society organizations shut down… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Electricity Tariff Hike - NLC Protests in Owerri
Vanguard, 8 February 2016
The Imo State Branch of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has joined its counterparts in other states of the federation, to call on the Federal Government to reverse the hike in the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nationwide Picketing of Discos As Labour, Civil Society Protest High Electricity Tariff
Premium Times, 8 February 2016
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and civil society organisation on Monday disrupted operations of the electricity distribution companies, known as DISCOs, across the country in a… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Electricity Tariff Hike - NASS Will Act in the Interest of the Masses - Bukola Saraki
Vanguard, 8 February 2016
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday pledged that the National Assembly would act to ensure that the electricity tariff hike is resolved in the interest… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Electricity Tariff Hike - Protests Rock Abuja, States As NERC Keeps Mum
Daily Trust, 8 February 2016
A nationwide protest is currently ongoing by unionists led by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to press home their demand for the reversal of the 45 percent increase in… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Electricity Tariff Hike - NASS Will Act in the Interest of the Masses - Saraki
Office of Senator Bukola Saraki, 8 February 2016
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday pledged that the National Assembly would act to ensure that the electricity tariff hike is resolved in the interest… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Electricity Tariff Hike - Labour Set for Protest Today
Daily Trust, 7 February 2016
The Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, Civil Society allies and electricity consumers across the country will today take to the streets to protest the recent 45 per… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Tariff Hike - Consumers Cry Out As NLC Threatens Showdown
Daily Trust, 6 February 2016
There seems to be no applause as the 11 electricity Distribution companies (Discos) Monday, February 1, implemented their various tariff hikes approved by the Nigerian Electricity… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Hike in Electricity Tariff - Workers Reject Planned Picketing of DISCOs, GENCOs
Vanguard, 7 February 2016
Ahead of tomorrow's planned protest, electricity workers have kicked against the plan to picket the Distribution Companies, DISCOs, and Generation Companies, GENCOs, by leaders of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Unions Picket Electricity Firms Over Tariff Hike Today
Daily Trust, 7 February 2016
Barely a week after the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) implemented the approved tariff regime, a coalition of customers and pressure groups are taking to the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
See Nigerians' Reaction to NLC Protest Against Hiked Power Tariff
Daily Trust, 8 February 2016
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are currently protesting the recent hike in electricity tarrif by the Federal Government. The protest is… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Tariff Hike - As Labour Pickets Electricity Firms Today, Discos Urge Restraint
Leadership, 8 February 2016
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will today begin the picketing of electricity distribution companies (discos) across the country as part of planned protests against the increase… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Electricity Tariff Hike - APC, Buhari Face Popularity Test
Guardian, 7 February 2016
If tomorrow's nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) holds as planned, it would be the first major test of any policy by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Tariff Hike - Don't Protest, Nigeria Electricity Firms Beg NLC, TUC
Premium Times, 7 February 2016
The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED, on Sunday in Kano, appealed to organised labour to shelve its planned protest over electricity tariff increase on… Read more »
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Nigeria:
How 45 Percent Electricity Tariff Hike Will Affect You
Vanguard, 6 February 2016
The 45 percent increase in electricity tariff with effect from February 1, 2016 is unsettling for many Nigerians, especially consumers paying with estimated bills. While the… Read more »