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Political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, says Nigeria should revalidate and probably scrap the Band A power supply strategy, insisting that it is “reaping off” Nigerians.
The political economist also advised the National Assembly to focus more on legislations that would advance the lot of Nigerians more than oversight functions.
Utomi, who is also the Convener of The Big Tent, made the call at the group’s news conference on the “state of the nation” on Monday in Lagos.
NAN reports that in the context of electricity supply in Nigeria, Band A refers to a category of electricity customers who receive a minimum of 20 hours of power supply per day.
The categorisation is part of a service-based tariff structure implemented by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission.
Customers in Band A pay the highest tariffs for electricity due to the higher quality of service.
Utomi described the Band A category as “exploitative and lacking in economic sense”. Punch
