Nigerian Govt clears air on electricity tariff hike

The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, has debunked claims that the Federal Government plans to summation energy tariff.

Tegbe gave the assurance portion speaking astatine the groundbreaking ceremonial for 5 interconnected mini-grid projects with a combined capableness of 17.7 megawatts and a 17.74-megawatt-hour Battery Energy Storage System, BESS, successful Ibadan, Oyo State.

He said the Federal Government was focused connected improving energy proviso crossed the country, assuring Nigerians that determination was nary program to summation tariff.

“I privation to accidental this intelligibly and without ambiguity: determination is nary program to summation energy tariff. What we are readying is simply a powerfulness assemblage that works astir the clock. Our committedness is 24/7 power,” helium said.

The projects are located successful Bola, Jiboye, Molade-Adelubi, Ogo Oluwa and Sooko-Elega, and are expected to service communities crossed Akinyele, Ido, Ibadan North, Egbeda and Lagelu LGA of Oyo State.

The curate urged Nigerians to disregard misinformation astir a imaginable tariff increase, declaring that the government’s precedence was to guarantee reliable energy supply.

Nigerian Govt clears aerial connected energy tariff hike