Senate Will Tackle Discos Over Electricity Price Increase – Buhari

The Senator representing Oyo North in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Dr. Abdulfatai Buhari has berated the decision of the electricity distribution companies in Nigeria to increase tariff.

The Senator who spoke in Iseyin recently noted that the increment in tariff can not be compared with the current electricity supply obtainable in many communities.

Buhari, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport, said the National Assembly, particularly, the Senate will discuss the issue of tariff increments when they resume.

He said, “This is where the consumer protection council will have to come in. You can’t just wake up in the morning and increase electricity tariff. So, the CPC has to come in heavily on them.

“If they refused some of us, when we go back to the National Assembly, we will raise a motion and stop them. The money is not there. Even the electricity they are increasing the tariff, the price is not commensurate with what they are giving us.

“In my house, before the increment, I normally use 20,000 in a month. Now, the 20,000 card is the one I used in a week. You will use the 20,000 in one week. It is going like air.

“And it should be pay as you use. Like DSTV, we are trying to block them that look, pay as you view which is the sensible thing. They will resist it, but, the moment we have the support of the masses particularly the press, it makes our job over there easy. It makes it very easy.

“You should also help us to enlighten the public that when we are raising this issue, that we are raising it for the benefit of the masses.”

Naija News recalls the recent price increase in the cost of electricity tariffs in Nigeria has continued to generate reactions and protests in some cities.