Tag: Hike
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FG to stop PoS operators from increasing service charge
The Federal Government through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCPCC) is set to issue an order to stop Point of Sale agents and operators from increasing service charges across the country. This was made known to pressmen by the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Babatunde Irukera on Wednesday. According to him, the order…
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Hike: FG exempts meters bought under National Mass Metering Program
The Federal Government has said it will exempt all meters bought under the National Mass Metering Program (NMMP) from the upward review of cost of meter announced by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in its November 11 circular. The explanation came on the heels of the calls for NERC to differentiate between those that…
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Increase in petrol, electricity tariff: Keyamo gives updates after FG, Labour meeting
Festus Keyamo, Minister of State, Labour and Employment, has given an update on the meeting between the Federal Government and labour unions over the new price of fuel and electricity tariff. Keyamo noted that representatives of government and labour adopted resolutions in the area of VAT being used to temporarily subsidize tariffs. According to Keyamo,…
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Fuel, electricity hike: Again, FG, labour talks deadlocked, postponed
The meeting between the Federal Government and the Organised Labour over the recent hike in fuel price and electricity tariff has been postponed till Monday, Sept. 28, for further deliberation. Labour leaders and the Federal Government had met in Abuja on Thursday to deliberate on the development after organised labour threatened to shut down the…
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Fuel, electricity hike: NLC announces date for ‘mother of all protests’
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, on Monday said all is now ready for a nationwide protest over the refusal of the Federal Government to reverse recent increase in prices fuel and electricity tariff. The Federal Government had recently hike the prices of fuel to N160 per litre, signifying full deregulation of fuel price regime which…
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Fuel price hike: No protest will be allowed – Police
The Police Command in Borno, says it will not tolerate any form of protest capable of disrupting the “hard earned peace in the state’’. DSP Edet Okon, the command spokesman, gave the warning in a statement on Tuesday in Maiduguri. Okon said that available information indicated that some groups were planning protest against the hike…
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Electricity tariff hike: Consumers call for reversal
Some NGOs and electricity consumers on Wednesday kicked against the increase in electricity tariff implemented by the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) on Sept. 1, and appealed to government to reverse the plan. The consumers spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Mr Demeji Macaulay, the Director, Movement for A…
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Nigerians lament, groan as DStv increases subscription fees amid COVID-19 pandemic
A cross section of Nigerians on social media have lamented over the recent increment in the prices of DSTV and GOTV subscriptions for the second time in less than 4 months. While some blamed the Federal Government for allowing the South African-owned company manipulate them,others blame the company for being insensitive amidst the economic pangs…
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Zimbabwe reverses telecoms price hike after public backlash
Zimbabwe has reversed a decision to impose a drastic increase in mobile phone data charges, the Information Communication Technology Minister Supa Mandiwanzira said in a statement on Friday. It has provoked an angry response from customers and critics who accused President Robert Mugabe’s government of trying to curtail the use of social media. In 2016,…
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Hike in prices of cooking gas, kerosene, threat to tree conservation- Climatologist
A climatologist, Prof. Emmanuel Oladipo, has warned that the hike in the prices of gas and kerosene portends danger to the environment and human life. He gave the warning on Wednesday in Lagos in an interview with news. He said that natural disasters experienced globally necessitated pragmatic approach from both the government and citizens to…