Reps To Intervene In Electricity Tariff Hike, Deputy Speaker Kalu Assures Nigerians
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has assured that, the House will intervene in the matter when it resumes from its recess on April 28.
He made the promise in a statement on Monday signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu.
Kalu who was quoted speaking virtually on the special edition of “Ben Kalu’s Mandate”, a call-in radio programme of FLO FM, Umuahia, Abia State on Monday said, the House will debate the propriety or otherwise of the recent hike in the electricity tariffs.
He added that, the parliament will heed the calls of Nigerians for its intervention in the matter to adopt a win-win approach in resolving the issues.
The Deputy Speaker said: “It’s a general problem. While I was on my holidays, one of the things I was bothered with was a letter sent to me by the majority leader of the House on the need for us to intervene in a matter involving the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital power supply.
“They were disconnected because of this hike and they don’t have the money to pay. We said it’s an essential service. Something should be done about it while we look at other details.
“I can assure you that when we resume, it’s one of the things we are going to look into. We will look at the both sides of the coin to know a win-win approach to it because we cannot suffocate also the investors, and also we cannot allow Nigerians to suffer unduly. So, it is one of the things we will look at by the time we resume and we will find a way to solving it.”
It could be recalled that the announcement of the electricity Tariff increase by the electricity authorities was met with huge outcry from Nigerians raising fears that it will escalate the economic hardship in the country.
