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Embrace the Tariff Increase or Prepare for Complete Power Outages – Minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu Cautions Nigerians
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, issued a caution on Monday, stating that if the planned increase in electricity tariffs is not put into effect, the nation will face a complete power outage within the next three months.
The minister revealed this information yesterday in Abuja during his appearance before the Senate Committee on Power for an inquiry into the recent electricity tariff increase by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory
He said, “The entire sector will be grounded if we don’t increase the tariff. With what we have now in the next three months, the entire country will be in darkness if we don’t increase tariffs.
“The increment will catapult us to the next level. We are also Nigerians, we are also feeling the impact.”
“For this sector to be revived, the government needs to spend nothing less than 10 billion dollars annually in the next 10 years.
Meanwhile, While the minister was at the National Assembly Nepa took the light.
