Popular Nollywood stars, Lilian Esoro and Moyo Lawal have taken to social media to react to the outrageous electricity bills they just received.
While Lilian received a bill of N790, 321 for her office, Moyo said she received a bill of almost N500, 000.
Esoro wrote: “I don’t understand, am I running a factory?Or is this for the year.I don’t understand.Una dey mad ni?”
In the same vein, Moyo Lawal stated that her NEPA bill has disoriented her .
“My NEPA bill has just disoriented me .Estimated bill of almost 500k.When I don’t have factory in my house.Na to tell them to come cut the light remain abi.I am just weak”, she lamented.
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Earlier in 2021, The Nigerian government approved an increase in electricity tariff payable by electricity consumers in Nigeria.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, approved over 50 per cent hike in electricity tariff payable by customers of the 11 Distribution Companies, DisCos.
A Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) signed by the new Chairman of NERC, Sanusi Garba, on December 30, 2020, showed that the new tariff increase took effect on January 1, 2021.
The new increment is coming barely two months after the implementation of the controversial hike proposed last year.
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