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ERC hails UCH protest by Students Union and calls for similar action in UI to demand better welfare condition before second semester exams fully begins The Education Rights Campaign, ERC, University of Ibadan (UI) branch welcomes the decision by the Bolaji Aweda leadership of the Students’ Union to organize a protest at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan on Wednesday,
We demand compensation for the Failure of IBEDC and Darkness imposed on the People Only re-nationalization of power sector under a democratic control and management of the elected representatives of working people can usher in efficiency The Oyo State Chapter of the Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity (CARE) rejects in totality, the flimsy excuses offered by the Ibadan Electricity
Outrageous Band A Tariff and Incessant Grid/System Collapse are a Product of Brutal Exploitation Aimed at Huge Profit at Consumers’ Expense Between October 14 and 15, 2024, a period of less than 24 hours, the grid collapsed twice, the 8th collapse this year alone. The reason for this grid collapse is not far-fetched. The lack of required investment in the
In August 2024, the residents of Ajegunle, a densely populated area in Lagos State, took to the streets in a show of mass rejection of electricity exploitation. They rallied against the ongoing double billing, extortion, and discriminatory electricity policies imposed by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKODISCO) and sanctioned by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The protests, spearheaded
The Education Rights Campaign, ERC, OAU branch, strongly condemns the deliberate power rationing by the university management. It is no longer news that the university now rations electricity with a complete power outage of more than 6 hours at specific hours of the day. If there is a legacy the Professor Bamire’s administration is leaving with students, it will be
Residents of Akinola-Aboru communities, comprising six community development associations (CDAs) in Alimosho local government area in Lagos, held a protest on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 to reject the Band A electricity tariff of N227/kWh. The feeder supplying these communities was formerly on Band B tariff of N68/kWh but Ikeja Electric has secretly migrated it to Band A, something that amounts
CARE CONDEMNS IKEJA ELECTRIC AND OTHER ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES IMPOSITION OF AN OUTRAGEOUSLY HIGH ELECTRICITY TARIFF (BAND A) ON COMMUNITIES CARE DEMANDS AFFORDABLE AND REGULAR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO ALL NIGERIAN TRADE UNIONS AND COMMUNITY ACTIONS ARE NEEDED TO RESIST THESE OUTRAGEOUS TARIFFS The Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity (CARE) condemns the imposition of outrageous billing/tariffs (N227/kWh or more) on
TRADE UNIONS AND PRO-MASSES ORGANISATIONS SHOULD LEAD RESISTANCE AGAINST TARIFF HIKE The Bola Tinubu government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has imposed another provocative hike in electricity tariff for Band A consumers by a whopping 230% – from N68 Kwh to N225 Kwh. According to NERC, this tariff hike affects about 15% of the total consumers and is
For an Affordable and Uninterrupted Power Supply The planned electricity tariff hike scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2023 was suspended by the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) due to mass public outcry. Following the capitulation of trade union leaders in 2020 arising from the botched strike against electricity tariff hike and petrol hike, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) gave
Trade Unions and Community People Should Demand End to Electricity Privatisation Since the advent of civil rule in 1999, the Nigerian self-serving ruling elite have religiously implemented neo-liberal and anti-people policies. This includes privatisation policy which has led to public corporations being stolen from the people. This agenda led to the plunder and destruction of NITEL and the privatization of
Nigeria’s national electricity grid has collapsed more than 200 times in the last nine years, regularly resulting in widespread blackouts. The power outages, which prevent people from meeting routine business and household needs, result in huge economic and social costs. This is an index of the failure of the electricity privatisation in Nigeria. By Moshood Osunfunrewa Coordinator, DSM Ajegunle Residential
Residents Demand a Reduction in their Electricity Bills and Affordable Electricity Tariff Residents of Tolu area of Ajegunle, Lagos, are presently involved in a mass struggle triggered by December 2022 electricity bills that are crazily high. Some compounds were billed more than N100,000 and this is a community dominated by working class people and the poor masses. Rather than dialogue
Before the illegal police arrest and detention of Mr. Joseph and four female community activists on January 25, 2023, residents of the Ajegunle communities from Tolu up to Wilmer had been organizing public meetings to build up mass resistance against estimated crazy billing and poor electricity supply. By Ajegunle DSM reporters Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKODISCO), the privately-owned energy distribution
WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF ALL DETAINED PERSONS AND AN END TO OUTRAGEOUS AND UNJUSTIFIABLE ELECTRICITY BILLS UPDATE Thursday January 26 – all those arrested have now been released, and the struggle against crazy billing continues. On Wednesday January 25, 2023, community people, mostly women and youths in the Tolu area of Ajegunle, Apapa, Lagos led by
Renationalisation of the Power Companies Under Workers and Consumers’ Democratic Control is the Way Out The fact that four Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) failed and others are being kept afloat by the incessant bailout and public intervention funds clearly prove the futility and failure of the privatization program. The federal government and banks recently took over Kano DISCO, Kaduna DISCO,
*Release Alfa Saheed Fatai, and Odewale Jamiu Now! The Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) condemns the arrest of Alfa Saheed, the Imam of Ladoje Mosque, Agege and Odewale Jamiu early this morning, Wednesday 21st September 2022, by police officers from the Abattoir Divisional Headquarters, Oko Oba Agege, Lagos, at the behest of Ikeja Electric, Emmanuel Undertaking office. The
# CARE insists that privatisation is a failure and reiterates its call for a renationalisation of POWER SECTOR under a democratic control of electricity workers and consumers # We also call for the implementation of the TCN workers’ demands The attention of the Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity, CARE, has been drawn to the news of a recent inauguration
Public Ownership of Power Sector Under Workers and Consumers’ Democratic Control is the Way Out By Chinedu Bosah The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed disclosed on Thursday, March 10, 2022, that the federal government had quietly removed subsidy on electricity tariff. The implication of this policy is that working people and the poor masses will be forced to pay
The campaign for a mass based and unified community movement for affordable and regular supply of electricity launched in Oyo State through the formation of the Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity, CARE, has begun to gain momentum as many community groups and organizations have joined CARE and its activities with new ones soliciting to join. CARE was launched in
Residents of Isolo axis of Lagos, comprising Metropolitan College Road, Onawale Street, Ayanlu Street and its environs has been subjected to 2 days on and 1 day off electricity supply arrangement in the past 8 years. Due to this load-shedding policy, electricity supply to the community is abysmally poor as residents do not get up to 5 hours electricity daily.
