A ruling by a Federal High Court in Lagos has reversed a Tariff increase imposed by the NERC.
The National Electricity Regulatory Commission had effected an arbitrary increase in the tariff on July 1, a move that was resisted by many Nigerians.
A lawyer, Toluwani Adebiyi filed the suit against the NERC and has now obtainer a favorable judgment.
Justice Mohammed Idris in his ruling today stated that NERC flouted due procedure in effecting its increase and ordered the agency to reverse the tariff increase.
His judgment was based on on Sections 31, 32 and 76 of the Electricity Power Sector Reform Act(EPSRA) 2005.
the increment in electricity tariff which took effect after the institution of this action and while a restraining order is subsisting is hereby declared illegal and same is hereby set aside.
The court ruled that “NERC is hereby directed to reverse to the status quo and the commission is hereby restrained from further increasing electricity tariff except it complies strictly with the relevant provisions of the EPSRA”
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