By Chuks NZEH
A coalition of concerned Nigerians under the aegis of Coalition for Affordable Regular Electricity, CARE, have called on the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, and Nigerians at large to resist electricity tariff increase.
This is contained in a statement issued at the weekend by Comrade Chinedu Bosah, National Coordinator and Shoyombo Monsuru, National Secretary of the group.
The statement noted that, “Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity, CARE, calls on Nigerian workers and electricity consumers across communities to resist tariff increment and struggle for massive public investment, free prepaid meters for all consumers and uninterrupted power supply. The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, must end their strategic partnership with the self-serving bourgeois ruling elite and mobilize the working class and the poor masses to reverse the privatization and deregulation policies.
“Fundamentally, the way forward is the renationalization, public ownership, of the power and oil sectors, massive public investments and democratic control and management by the working class and consumers.”
