The National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, said the federal government is incapable of supplying 20-hour electricity to consumers at any level.
NUEE’s assertion followed the hike in electricity tariff for customers in Band A category, said to be enjoying 20-hour power supply by Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, a federal government agency.
The electricity workers’ National President, Adebiyi Adeyeye said the government has no capacity to give 20-hour power to the Category A customers.
Adeyeye alleged this in an interview with Punchng saying, “We just want the citizen to know that this thing is not possible, it is not feasible, you cannot give what you don’t have. When we don’t have the energy to give to the people and you ask our people to go out and collect such money, you know it is dangerous. Most times we don’t disclose what to do to the public because our sector is very critical to the nation.”
He also said, “The reason why we are saying this is simple, you ask our members to go the the public to collect 20-hour tariff from people that are not even experiencing a four-hour supply of electricity. There is no way there won’t be crises between our staff and those customers.
“We’ve recorded a lot of attacks on our members, even with the present situation. And these guys have nothing to defend themselves. They have targets to meet where there is no supply. Our members are being threatened by the DisCos, even when they know that what they are promising Nigerians is not feasible.”
