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The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED, has insisted that some Nigerians get at least 20 hours of supply amid the recent electricity tariff hike.
Sunday Oduntan, the Executive Director of ANED, disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television on Saturday.
Recall that on Tuesday last week, the federal government approved a tariff increase for Band A customers getting at least 20 hours of power supply.
Justifying the hike, Oduntan said electricity customers across the 11 electricity Distribution Companies are served 20-24 hours.
He said the hike affects only the rich in Nigeria, not the poor.
“I am a customer of two discos; when I am in Abeokuta, Egba land, I am not on Band A but Band D, so I get less than 8 hours.
“When I am in Abuja, I live in Sunny City Estate. It is never less than 20 hours per day, I have lived there for ten years.
“NERC should be commended for having the courage to look at the true cost of electricity. What they have done is to remove subsidies for 15 per cent of electricity customers. Why should we be subsidizing electricity for a man, for instance, with Royce rolls?” He queried.
NERC had announced that 481 feeders across the 11 Discos are currently in Band A, and customers are getting at least 20 hours of power supply.
Meanwhile, Nigerians have condemned the tariff hike.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, Lagos Chambers of Commerce, Abuja Chambers of Commerce, and other organizations had, in separate statements, kicked against the new tariff increase.
However, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, in a briefing on Friday, said the government would save 52 per cent on electricity subsidies following the tariff hike for 15 per cent of electricity customers.
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