The Nigeria labour congress, NLC is once again raising the alarm over the deplorable state of the nation’s electricity sector, declaring that the failed privatisation experiment has plunged Nigerian workers, women, youth, and industries into deeper energy poverty as the national grid continues to collapse while DISCOs persistently reject Loads from the Transmission Company.
In a statement signed by NLC president Joe Ajaero, the labour centre issued a scorching indictment of the current Power Sector regime, calling for an immediate and comprehensive review of the entire sector.
The NLC President lamented that over a decade after the much-celebrated privatisation of the Power Sector, electricity generation remains comically stagnant at between 4,000 and 5,000 Megawatts; the exact same level as the pre-privatisation era, while arguing that the situation remains shameful and demonstrates how stagnated the nation’s supposed progress has become.
Ajaero stressed that instead of progress, citizens witness regression, instead of light, they have darkness, as the national grid collapses with the frequency of a faulty generator, sometimes plunging the entire nation into blackout.
He said this is not the ‘turnaround’ Nigerians were promised; and it is a well-orchestrated robbery of the Nigerian people.
Ajaero further condemned the Band classification (A, B, C) as a capitalist tool designed to further impoverish the masses, describing the policy as a backdoor tariff hike that burdens citizens with cost-reflective billing without offering service-reflective delivery.
Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie
