Lagos State governorship candidate of the National Conscience
Party, NCP, 2015, Comrade Ayodele Akele, has called for the impeachment of President
Muhammadu Buhari, if the federal government fails to comply with a recent court
judgment that annulled the hike in electric tariffs, announced by the Nigerian Electricity
Regulatory Commission (NERC) in 2015.
Akele noted that the
impeachment would be in the overall
interest of the poor masses of the country.
He said: “If this court ruling is disobeyed for the umpteenth time President
Buhari must be impeached in the overall interest of the poor masses of the
country. Enough is enough!
“This federal government can be predicted not to obey this
court ruling as they prepare for wicked 100% electricity tariff hike. This
government is death, dumb and impervious to the plight of Nigerian masses.”
It would be
recalled that Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday that the increment should be reversed immediately, describing it
as procedurally ultra vires, irrational, irregular and illegal.
This was as President of Nigeria Labour Congress [NLC], Comrade Ayuba
Wabba, said it is a courageous judgement and judicial judgement deserving of
commendation.
According to the statement signed by Comrade Wabba, the NLC considered the judgment as victory for the ordinary Nigerian who has been crushed by exploitative bills.
According to the statement signed by Comrade Wabba, the NLC considered the judgment as victory for the ordinary Nigerian who has been crushed by exploitative bills.
The statement in part read: “Similarly, we urge NERC and
DISCOs to obey the judgement and revert to the old rates without further delay.
We demand that the NERC and DISCOs observe all the conditions precedent as
contained in the sales agreement before any increase be made.
“We call that the joint stakeholders on increment on Electricity Tariff led by the Nigeria Labour Congress in their Communiqué issued in Lagos and dated January 29, 2016 had declared as follows:
“The increase is illegal, unfair, unjustifiable and a further exploitation of the already exploited Nigerians. The due process in the extant laws for such an increment was not followed in consonance with Section 76 of the Power Sector Reform Act, 2005.
“There has been no significant improvement in service delivery coupled with the fact that most consumers are not metered in accordance with the signed Privatization Memorandum (MoU) of November 21, 2013 which stipulates that within 18 months gestation period, all consumers are to be metered.”
“We call that the joint stakeholders on increment on Electricity Tariff led by the Nigeria Labour Congress in their Communiqué issued in Lagos and dated January 29, 2016 had declared as follows:
“The increase is illegal, unfair, unjustifiable and a further exploitation of the already exploited Nigerians. The due process in the extant laws for such an increment was not followed in consonance with Section 76 of the Power Sector Reform Act, 2005.
“There has been no significant improvement in service delivery coupled with the fact that most consumers are not metered in accordance with the signed Privatization Memorandum (MoU) of November 21, 2013 which stipulates that within 18 months gestation period, all consumers are to be metered.”
NLC asserted that there is a subsisting court order dated
May 28. 2015 by Honourable Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court,
Ikoyi, Lagos, in the case of Toluwani Yemi-Adebiyi versus NERC & Ors, that
there shall be no increment until the determination of the substantive suit.
“The increment at this time negates the present biting prevailing economic recession vis-a-vis an attempt to further impoverish the poor masses,” NLC added.
“The increment at this time negates the present biting prevailing economic recession vis-a-vis an attempt to further impoverish the poor masses,” NLC added.
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