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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned government’s plan to increase electricity tariff, describing it as the “height of irresponsibility and total lack of wisdom.”
While saying that the move would be opposed, the General Secretary of the NLC Comrade John Odah said the proposed action amounts to government adding further burden on Nigerians under the prevailing scenario where many business concerns depend on generating their power needs or closing down their operations or relocating out of the country.
Odah said in a press statement yesterday that the increase, if allowed to be implemented, is certainly a death sentence to the very few industries still operating in the country.
He said the increment would kill the nation’s fragile but active small and medium business enterprises which today form the backbone of Nigeria’s economy.
The union urged President Goodluck Jonathan, being the man in charge of the power ministry, to immediately reverse the policy and focus his attention on how to deliver on the promises of improving power generation and supply.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned government’s plan to increase electricity tariff, describing it as the “height of irresponsibility and total lack of wisdom.”
While saying that the move would be opposed, the General Secretary of the NLC Comrade John Odah said the proposed action amounts to government adding further burden on Nigerians under the prevailing scenario where many business concerns depend on generating their power needs or closing down their operations or relocating out of the country.
Odah said in a press statement yesterday that the increase, if allowed to be implemented, is certainly a death sentence to the very few industries still operating in the country.
He said the increment would kill the nation’s fragile but active small and medium business enterprises which today form the backbone of Nigeria’s economy.
The union urged President Goodluck Jonathan, being the man in charge of the power ministry, to immediately reverse the policy and focus his attention on how to deliver on the promises of improving power generation and supply.
