The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, led a protest against the recent hike in electricity tarriff at the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission headquarters in Abuja on Monday.
Our correspondent at the scene also reports that protesters forced their way into the NERC complex on Monday.
PUNCH Online reports that workers, under the aegis of the NLC and the Trade Union Congress, thronged various offices of electricity distribution companies on Monday to protest over the Band A tariff hike.
The organised labour commenced the nationwide protests over the electricity tariff hike and removal of subsidy from the power sector by the Federal Government.
The labour action was also expected to lead to the shutdown of the Abuja headquarters of the NERC, the Ministry of Power and state offices of power distribution companies.
The NERC announced the hike in the electricity tariff for Band A customers at a press briefing in Abuja on April 3, revealing that those affected would pay N225 per kilowatt-hour, up from the previous rate of N68/kWh.
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