FG Extends Suspension Of New Electricity Tariff By One Week.

On Monday, October 12th, 2020, the Federal Government of Nigeria announced that it has extended the suspension of the new electricity tariff by one week.

Prof. James Momoh, Chairman, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said this when the ad hoc Technical Committee on Electricity Tariff submitted its interim report at a reconvene bilateral meeting between Federal Government and Organised Labour on Monday in Abuja.

The new tariff was earlier suspended for two weeks and ended at midnight on Oct. 11, when the organised labour suspended the planned industrial action over agitation on the hike in electricity tariff on Sept. 28.

However the extension today means that the new tariff will be suspended by Monday, October 19th, 2020.