{"id":114682,"date":"2024-10-16T19:35:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T18:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=114682"},"modified":"2024-10-16T19:35:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T18:35:15","slug":"electricity-tariff-no-manufacturer-can-survive-250-hike-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/electricity-tariff-no-manufacturer-can-survive-250-hike-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricity tariff: No manufacturer can survive 250% hike\u00a0\u2014MAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has reiterated calls for the downward review of electricity tariff as approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for the electricity distribution companies (DisCos) which resulted in about 250 percent increase in tariffs, saying no manufacturers can survive such a huge increase at a go.<\/p>\n<p>Director General of MAN, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, stated this in an interactive session at the 2024 pre-Annual General Meeting (AGM) media briefing in Lagos yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that MAN took NERC and the DisCos to court over the matter, but the case was struck out by a Federal High Court, last week, for abuse of court process.<\/p>\n<p>He asked that the government should extend the same consideration granted to universities and hospitals by giving them 50 percent to manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>His words: \u201cNERC and the DisCos are wrong because they could not have increased the tariff by 250 percent, nobody survives that. And this is evident in the fact that the federal government is giving a discount of 50 percent to universities and hospitals. If it was acceptable, government wouldn\u2019t do that. And manufacturers are also deserving of discount like these institutions because we create jobs, we pay taxes, and we are responsible for improvement in exports that Nigeria has.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are consulting with our counsel and our members. Already, some members are very agitated and worried about the survival of their businesses. 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