NERC Archives - Afinju FM https://afinjufm.com/tag/nerc/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:35:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://afinjufm.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cropped-Afinju_Logo-removebg-preview-32x32.png NERC Archives - Afinju FM https://afinjufm.com/tag/nerc/ 32 32 233669348 NERC highlights electricity consumers’ rights, responsibilities https://afinjufm.com/nerc-highlights-electricity-consumers-rights-responsibilities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nerc-highlights-electricity-consumers-rights-responsibilities https://afinjufm.com/nerc-highlights-electricity-consumers-rights-responsibilities/#respond Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:35:49 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=5324 Commissioner in charge of Consumer Affairs NERC, Aisha Mahmud, gave the charge  in Lokoja, Kogi State during the customer complaints resolution meeting organised by NERC in collaboration with the National Orientation Agency. According to her, the Commission is an independent body, established by the Electric Power Sector Reform Act of 2005 now the Electricity Act […]

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]]> https://afinjufm.com/nerc-highlights-electricity-consumers-rights-responsibilities/feed/ 0 5324 23 Nigerian electricity workers die on duty in Q1 2024 – NERC https://afinjufm.com/23-nigerian-electricity-workers-die-on-duty-in-q1-2024-nerc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=23-nigerian-electricity-workers-die-on-duty-in-q1-2024-nerc https://afinjufm.com/23-nigerian-electricity-workers-die-on-duty-in-q1-2024-nerc/#respond Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:25:56 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=4030 The report by the Commission confirmed that 23 of the workers lost their lives in 55 accidents in the first quarter of 2024. NERC disclosed that 31 others sustained injuries in the 55 accidents recorded in the period under review. A breakdown of the major causes of casualties ,deaths and injuries, recorded in Q1 2024 […]

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]]> https://afinjufm.com/23-nigerian-electricity-workers-die-on-duty-in-q1-2024-nerc/feed/ 0 4030 ‘It Leads To More Inflation,’ NLC Demands Reversal Of Electricity Tariff Hike https://afinjufm.com/it-leads-to-more-inflation-nlc-demands-reversal-of-electricity-tariff-hike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it-leads-to-more-inflation-nlc-demands-reversal-of-electricity-tariff-hike https://afinjufm.com/it-leads-to-more-inflation-nlc-demands-reversal-of-electricity-tariff-hike/#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 11:36:56 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=2510 .On April 3, 2024, NERC raised electricity tariff for customers enjoying 20 hours power supply daily. Customers in this category are said to be under the Band A classification. The increase saw the customers paying N225 kilowatt per hour from the current N66, a development that has been heavily criticized by many Nigerians, considering the […]

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]]> https://afinjufm.com/it-leads-to-more-inflation-nlc-demands-reversal-of-electricity-tariff-hike/feed/ 0 2510 Labour Begins Picketing Of DisCos Offices Over Electricity Tariff Hike https://afinjufm.com/labour-begins-picketing-of-discos-offices-over-electricity-tariff-hike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=labour-begins-picketing-of-discos-offices-over-electricity-tariff-hike https://afinjufm.com/labour-begins-picketing-of-discos-offices-over-electricity-tariff-hike/#respond Mon, 13 May 2024 10:59:37 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=2484 The action of the workers follows a joint directive from the leadership of both the Nigeria Labour Congress ,NLC, and the Trade Union Congress ,TUC, at weekend to their members to picket these offices in protest of the tariff hike.Leading members of the labour unions in the protest at the headquarters of the Nigerian Electricity […]

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