A Federal High Court in Lagos has barred
the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission from giving effect to its
proposed increment in electricity tariff.
Justice Mohammed Idris made the order on
Thursday after a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Toluwani Adebiyi, had moved an
ex parte application to that effect.
The Chairman of NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi, had
at a recent press conference in Abuja, disclosed the plan by the
commission to implement an......
upward review of electricity tariff payable
by Nigerians.
The proposed increment, Amadi said was billed to commence from June 1, 2015.
But Adebiyi, who claimed that the
proposed increment would “foist further hardship on Nigerians,” had
appeared in court on Thursday with a motion ex parte praying the court
to stop it.
Amadi, while canvassing argument before
the court, contended that any increment in tariff was unjustifiable in
the face of poor or erratic supply of electricity by the distributing
companies.
According to the lawyer, if the proposed increment was allowed, most electricity companies would retain the N750 fixed charge.
Justice Idris, after hearing the
application, ordered that the status quo be maintained pending the
determination of the substantive suit.
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