Breaking News: Court Orders NERC Not To Increase Electricity Tariff

As per a report by The Nation, a Federal High Court in Lagos has requested partners in the power business to keep up current costs pending the assurance of a movement testing the proposed duty climb. 


Equity Muslim Hassan fixed January 20, 2020, to hear the movement. 

The judge made the request in a suit by the Incorporated Trustees of Human Rights Foundation against 15 respondents in the power business. 

The respondents are Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC); the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE); the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company Plc; and the Minister of Power. 

Additionally joined as respondents are Abuja, Benin, Enugu, Ikeja, Kaduna, Kano, Port Harcourt, Yola, Eko, Ibadan and Jos power circulation organizations. 

The NERC declared on January 4 that power duties being paid by buyers will increment in April. 

In its suit, the non-administrative association documented an ex parte movement asking the court to stop the proposed more than 40 percent expansion in power levy. 

The candidates fought that "the execution of the implied minor survey of the Multi-Year Tariff Order will make unquantifiable hardship and harms on the Nigerian power purchasers. 

"Shoppers will be made to pay the high duty, which has been expanded by more than 40 percent in all cases of which is as of now being charged." 

In an affirmation removed to by Theodora Ubabunike, a legal counselor, the human rights bunch stated, "It will add up to incredible treachery to force discretionary power duty on Nigerian power shoppers. 

"Nigerians will endure stupendous misfortune the same number of individuals won't have the option to get to influence or access the same at extremely high duty. I realize that Nigerians are qualified to forget to open comforts like electrical force." 

In contending application on Monday, the candidate's direction, Anaje Chinedu, petitioned God for "a request for interval order limiting NERC from making any stride towards the execution of the indicated Minor Review of the Multi-Year Tariff Order 2015 and the Remittance Order 2019," pending the meeting and assurance of the movement on notice documented by the gathering. 

Equity Hassan declined to concede the ex parte application, yet he requested the gatherings to keep up business as usual. 

The judge stated, "business as usual prior to the war will be kept up by the gatherings in this suit pending the assurance of the movement on notice." 

He deferred till January 20, 2020, for the becoming aware of the movement on notice.

January 08, 2020