A staff who pleaded anonymity at the AEDC told BusinessDay that he had come to the office on Monday morning with other colleagues, who were later told to leave the premises by protesting members of the NLC and TUC.
“I came to work this morning but they didn’t allow me to go inside, as you can see the gates are currently locked by the unions. No staff is currently inside.
NERC, in April, had ordered the immediate upward review of electricity tariffs from N68 per kilowatt to N225.
According to Musiliu Oseni, the review was expected to affect only customers classified under the Band A feeder which according to him represented o
15 per cent of electricity consumers
Accordingly, he said, power distribution companies (DisCos) will be allowed to raise electricity prices to N225 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour from N68.
Since the announcement, the decision has attracted criticism among Nigerians.