Electricity Tariff Can’t Be Increased, Court Insists
Editor
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday reaffirmed its order restraining the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) from increasing electricity tariff.
Justice Mohammed Idris, who gave the ruling, also struck out the preliminary objection and application to nullify the order brought by NERC.
Toluwani Adebiyi, a Lagos-based lawyer, had instituted the suit, seeking a perpetual injunction to restrain NERC from implementing any upward review of electricity tariff without significant improvement in power supply.
Idris struck out NERC’s preliminary objection on the basis that it did not comply with Order 29, Rule 4 of the Federal High Court Civil Procedure Rules.
The order provides that such objection must be filed within 21 days after the suit was served.
