
NERC silent as Eko Disco announces tariff increase
Efforts to get the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to react to the document were abortive, as the spokesperson for the agency, Usman Arabi, refused to pick calls.
Efforts to get the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to react to the document were abortive, as the spokesperson for the agency, Usman Arabi, refused to pick calls.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) yesterday moved against corruption related matters arising from estimated billings, illegal sale of meters and other related offences in the electricity sector.
At their 33rd teleconference meeting, the governors’ under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), agreed to set up a seven-man panel to work out the gray areas with the federal committee.
If effectively formulated and implemented, the electricity policy would help accelerate the socio-economic development and growth of the state, since effective power delivery is central to the realization of the state government’s Greater Lagos vision.
The TCN explained that the grid collapse, the second time within a period of one month, followed a sudden drop in system frequency.
Eko Electricity Distribution Company, in a message to its customers on its Facebook page, said, “We regret to inform you of a system collapse on the national grid that’s causing outages across our network.
The Executive Secretary, PPPRA, Abdulkadir Saidu, who said this in a statement issued in Abuja, stated that petrol price would be adjusted in a way that it would not cause hardship on consumers.
They disrupt critical services, reduce agricultural productivity, and destroy infrastructure and dwellings with increasing frequency. To minimize the effect on people’s wellbeing, these impacts need to be considered and integrated in all investments and projects, regardless of their sector, nature, and financing.
The Federal Government says that the clean-up of oil-impacted sites in Ogoni land, Rivers State, is ongoing, but warned against acts capable of causing a re-pollution of the area.
Reliable energy provides the power to fulfil our potential and empower society, from providing better healthcare and education, clean, prosperous job growth, to sustainable cooling and food security. Energy is the fundamental building block for societal and economic growth.