The Nigerian Authorities on Monday stated that clients not having fun with 20 hours of electrical energy wouldn’t pay the brand new tariff.
Minister of Energy, Adebayo Adelabu, acknowledged this whereas showing earlier than the Senate Committee on Energy for a one-day investigative listening to on the necessity to halt new electrical energy tariff.
He stated the Federal authorities had launched a brand new coverage to save lots of the ability sector, stressing that the pains had been momentary.
The clarification comes as electrical energy shoppers grapple with the latest enhance in tariff by the Nigerian Electrical energy Regulatory Fee, NERC.
The minister additionally acknowledged that the Federal Authorities would pay the sum of N2.9 trillion to subsidise electrical energy this yr if the tariff was not reviewed.
Based on him, the federal government launched the brand new coverage to rescue the ability sector.
