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Senate Stops Electricity Tariff Hikes

On Tuesday, February 16, 2016, the Nigerian Senate ordered the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to immediately suspend the February 1st, 2016 tariff hikes, which were estimated to be upwards of 40 per cent. This decision by the Nigerian lawmakers followed series of protests across the country over the decision of the Commission to increase…