The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC will on Monday protest against the 45 percent increase in electricity tariff by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
The Labour Congress said its members along with other civil society groups will march down to the Electricity Distribution companies nationwide to express dissatisfaction with the recent development.
The NLC in a statement released on Sunday said “Our members have been sufficiently mobilized and are ready to go. If you are an electricity consumer and you are not happy with the bills electricity companies serve you every month, you are invited to join this protest rally,
“The Abuja rally will start at Labour House, Central Business District at 8.00am before moving to the NERC head office at Adamawa.Plaza, Plot 1099, First Avenue, Off Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District. From the NERC office, the rally will roll to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company at Zone 4. The rally will mobilise from there to the National Assembly”,