Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has opposed outright electricity tariff increases by power distribution companies, insisting that such hikes must be backed by measurable improvements in power supply as required by law.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Friday, Falana criticised successive PDP and APC administrations over the handling of the power sector.
He noted that despite the privatisation of 18 electricity companies, the government continues to inject trillions of naira into the sector with little visible benefit to consumers.
“Somebody sold 18 electricity companies, according to a former minister under the Jonathan administration, and Dr. Usman Shamsudeen, that we sold the electricity companies to our friends,” Falana stated.
“Now, the government has been giving again a lot of trillions of naira to the electricity companies. At the end of the day, you hear of Band A, Band B, and the rest
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