The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and prevent the scheduled increase in electricity tariff by distribution companies in Nigeria, set to take effect from July 1. In a statement issued by OPC’s General Secretary, Bunmi Fasehun, the organization criticized the move, deeming it “anti-people, oppressive, unjustified, and aimed at discrediting the new administration of President Bola Tinubu.”
OPC President, Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, highlighted that the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria had also rejected the proposed tariff hike. Afolabi emphasized that Nigerian citizens are still grappling with the consequences of fuel subsidy removal, and increasing the electricity tariff would only add to their burdens, painting the Tinubu administration as uncaring.
