NLC and TUC closed Ikeja and Ibadan DisCos due to an increase in electricity rates

Workers have overrun several electrical distribution firms’ offices in protest at the Band A tariff increase.

On Monday, the workers blocked the DisCos’ offices from opening for business, organizing under the banners of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress.

Workers were heard singing and demanding the cancellation of the Band A pricing at the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company’s corporate headquarters in Lagos.

Protesters in Oyo broke into the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company office and staged a picket there.

According to information obtained by our correspondent, police were present to prevent any breakdown in law and order.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission was given a seven-day ultimatum by the NLC and TUC to revoke the raised pricing.

The Federal Government, however, urged Nigerians to endure the short-term suffering, warning that a rate reversal would be disastrous for the electricity industry.

In the midst of this, the Federal Government has been recommended by the International Monetary Fund to eliminate power subsidies in other bands in order to rescue the economy.