A Federal High Court sitting in
Lagos has ruled that the increase in tariff by the National Electricity
Regulation Commission (NERC) is illegal and forthwith ordered a reversal to the
status quo.A lawyer and rights activist, Toluwani Adebiyi, had filed the suit,
challenging the hike in electricity tariff before the court which was presided
over by Justice Mohammed Idris.
.In his judgement, the judge restrained the
agency from further increasing the tariff except in strict compliance with
provisions of the Electricity Power Sector Reform Act 2004 (EPSRA) even as he
also awarded N50,000 cost against the defendants in favour of the plaintiff.
Goodnews!!!
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