A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos will on Friday, July 8, 2016, deliver final judgment in a suit opposing the Federal Government’s bid to increase electricity tariff.
It would be recalled that a Lagos-based lawyer, Toluwani Adebiyi, instituted the action in May 2015, following the announcement of the proposed hike by the then Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Sam Amadi.
Adebiyi is praying the court to stop any hike in electricity tariff until there has been a meaningful and significant improvement in power supply to at least 18 hours in a day in most Nigerian communities.
Justice Mohammed Idris had since May 28, 2015 restrained NERC from giving effect to the proposed hike pending the determination of the suit.
