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April 10, 2026
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POWER SECTOR CRISIS DEEPENS AS COMMUNITIES ARE THROWN INTO A GREATER DARKNESS
FOR RENATIONALISATION AND DEMOCRATIC MANANGEMENT OF ELECTRICITY In the last two months, gas producers and power generation companies have technically embarked on bosses’ strike. As a result, supply of gas to power plants has reduced considerably, rendering 16 out of the 33 power plants redundant at a stage. If it were electricity workers that embarked on strike over welfare issues,
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“POWER SECTOR CRISIS DEEPENS AS COMMUNITIES ARE THROWN INTO A GREATER DARKNESS”
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February 5, 2026
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Socialist Democracy February - March 2026
Electricity
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DSM
Insolvency of Seven Power Companies and Poor Performance of Power Sector in General Underscore Failure of Electricity Privatisation
For Return of Power to Public Ownership Under Democratic Management and Control The current abysmal state of the power sector vis-à-vis the poor state of transmission, distribution and low generation capacity after 65 years of independence is a product of mismanagement, corruption, underfunding of the power sector and implementation of neo-liberal policies. It speaks badly of the capitalist ruling elite
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“Insolvency of Seven Power Companies and Poor Performance of Power Sector in General Underscore Failure of Electricity Privatisation”
July 29, 2025
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CARE WELCOMES REDUCTION OF ENUGU ELECTRICITY TARIFF
CARE WELCOMES REDUCTION OF ELECTRICITY TARIFF FROM N209/KWH TO N160/KWH FOR BAND A CUSTOMERS BY ENUGU STATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION WE DEMAND IMPLEMENTATION OF TARIFF THAT REFLECTS THE PURCHASING POWER OF WORKERS AND THE POOR The Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity (CARE) welcomes the reduction of electricity tariff for Band A from N209/KWh to N160/KWh by the Enugu State
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“CARE WELCOMES REDUCTION OF ENUGU ELECTRICITY TARIFF”
May 10, 2025
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Socialist Democracy May - June 2025
Electricity
Trade Unions
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DSM
HIGH TARIFF MAKES ELECTRICITY UNAFFORDABLE WHILE POWER COMPANIES MAKE HUGE PROFITS
HIGH TARIFF MAKES ELECTRICITY UNAFFORDABLE FOR MOST NIGERIANS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AS POWER COMPANIES MAKE HUGE PROFITS For Return of Power Sector to Public Ownership. This Time Under Democratic Control of Consumers and Workers It is clear that the very essence of privatising the power sector is to make huge profit for the private power companies out of providing an
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“HIGH TARIFF MAKES ELECTRICITY UNAFFORDABLE WHILE POWER COMPANIES MAKE HUGE PROFITS”
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February 9, 2025
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Electricity
Trade Unions
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DSM
CDWR CONDEMNS THE MANAGEMENT OF KADUNA ELECTRIC FOR ILLEGALLY SACKING 900 WORKERS
CDWR DEMANDS REINSTATEMENT OF ALL SACKED WORKERS AND MEET THE DEMANDS OF WORKERS AND UNION The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns the management of Kaduna Electric for sacking 900 workers in response to legitimate demands of workers for better working conditions. We hereby demand the immediate and unconditional reversal of this unjust sack and the reinstatement of
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“CDWR CONDEMNS THE MANAGEMENT OF KADUNA ELECTRIC FOR ILLEGALLY SACKING 900 WORKERS”
February 3, 2025
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Trade Unions
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DSM
CDWR SUPPORTS NLC-LED PROTEST RALLY AGAINST 50% HIKE IN TELECOMMUNICATION TARIFF
CDWR CALLS ON NLC TO LEAD A DETERMINED MASS RESISTANCE AGAINST ALL ANTI-POOR POLICIES The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns the recent approval of 50% tariff hike in telecommunication services by the Nigerian Communications Commissions (NCC). This outrageous hike in telecoms tariff will worsen the already high cost of living and increase cost of doing business; thereby
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“CDWR SUPPORTS NLC-LED PROTEST RALLY AGAINST 50% HIKE IN TELECOMMUNICATION TARIFF”
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January 22, 2025
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Students
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DSM
UI ERC CALLS FOR RESTORATION OF POWER AND REGULAR SUPPLY AT UCH (Ibadan)
ERC hails UCH protest by Students Union and calls for similar action in UI to demand better welfare condition before second semester exams fully begins The Education Rights Campaign, ERC, University of Ibadan (UI) branch welcomes the decision by  the Bolaji Aweda leadership of the Students’ Union to organize a protest at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan on Wednesday,
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“UI ERC CALLS FOR RESTORATION OF POWER AND REGULAR SUPPLY AT UCH (Ibadan)”
January 21, 2025
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OYO CARE REJECTS IBEDC’S APOLOGY FOR NON-SUPPLY OF ELECTRICTY
We demand compensation for the Failure of IBEDC and Darkness imposed on the People Only re-nationalization of power sector under a democratic control and management of the elected representatives of working people can usher in efficiency The Oyo State Chapter of the Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity (CARE) rejects in totality, the flimsy excuses offered by the Ibadan Electricity
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“OYO CARE REJECTS IBEDC’S APOLOGY FOR NON-SUPPLY OF ELECTRICTY”
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December 11, 2024
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Socialist Democracy December 2024 - January 2025
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COMMUNITY PEOPLE AND TRADE UNIONS MUST FIGHT FOR REGULAR AND AFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY
Outrageous Band A Tariff and Incessant Grid/System Collapse are a Product of Brutal Exploitation Aimed at Huge Profit at Consumers’ Expense Between October 14 and 15, 2024, a period of less than 24 hours, the grid collapsed twice, the 8th collapse this year alone. The reason for this grid collapse is not far-fetched. The lack of required investment in the
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“COMMUNITY PEOPLE AND TRADE UNIONS MUST FIGHT FOR REGULAR AND AFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY”
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December 11, 2024
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Socialist Democracy December 2024 - January 2025
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Ajegunle People Protest against Exploitation by Electricity Company
In August 2024, the residents of Ajegunle, a densely populated area in Lagos State, took to the streets in a show of mass rejection of electricity exploitation. They rallied against the ongoing double billing, extortion, and discriminatory electricity policies imposed by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKODISCO) and sanctioned by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The protests, spearheaded
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“Ajegunle People Protest against Exploitation by Electricity Company”
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December 11, 2024
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Socialist Democracy December 2024 - January 2025
Electricity
Students
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DSM
OAU: Epileptic Power Supply and Poor Welfare Condition of Students Must be Addressed Now!
The Education Rights Campaign, ERC, OAU branch, strongly condemns the deliberate power rationing by the university management. It is no longer news that the university now rations electricity with a complete power outage of more than 6 hours at specific hours of the day. If there is a legacy the Professor Bamire’s administration is leaving with students, it will be
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“OAU: Epileptic Power Supply and Poor Welfare Condition of Students Must be Addressed Now!”
September 26, 2024
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DSM
Lagos: AKINOLA-ABORU COMMUNITIES STAGE PROTEST AGAINST BAND A OUTRAGEOUS ELECTRICITY TARIFF
Residents of Akinola-Aboru communities, comprising six community development associations (CDAs) in Alimosho local government area in Lagos, held a protest on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 to reject the Band A electricity tariff of N227/kWh. The feeder supplying these communities was formerly on Band B tariff of N68/kWh but Ikeja Electric has secretly migrated it to Band A, something that amounts
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“Lagos: AKINOLA-ABORU COMMUNITIES STAGE PROTEST AGAINST BAND A OUTRAGEOUS ELECTRICITY TARIFF”
September 23, 2024
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RESIST OUTRAGEOUS ELECTRICITY PRICE HIKES
CARE CONDEMNS IKEJA ELECTRIC AND OTHER ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES IMPOSITION OF AN OUTRAGEOUSLY HIGH ELECTRICITY TARIFF (BAND A) ON COMMUNITIES CARE DEMANDS AFFORDABLE AND REGULAR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO ALL NIGERIAN TRADE UNIONS AND COMMUNITY ACTIONS ARE NEEDED TO RESIST THESE OUTRAGEOUS TARIFFS The Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity (CARE) condemns the imposition of outrageous billing/tariffs (N227/kWh or more) on
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“RESIST OUTRAGEOUS ELECTRICITY PRICE HIKES”
May 3, 2024
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Socialist Democracy May - June 2024
Economy and economic crisis
Electricity
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DSM
OUTRAGEOUS TARIFF HIKE AMIDST GROWING COST OF LIVING IS INSENSITIVE
TRADE UNIONS AND PRO-MASSES ORGANISATIONS SHOULD LEAD RESISTANCE AGAINST TARIFF HIKE The Bola Tinubu government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has imposed another provocative hike in electricity tariff for Band A consumers by a whopping 230% – from N68 Kwh to N225 Kwh. According to NERC, this tariff hike affects about 15% of the total consumers and is
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“OUTRAGEOUS TARIFF HIKE AMIDST GROWING COST OF LIVING IS INSENSITIVE”
August 11, 2023
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Socialist Democracy August-September 2023
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DSM
RESIST ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE AND EXPLOITATION
For an Affordable and Uninterrupted Power Supply The planned electricity tariff hike scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2023 was suspended by the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) due to mass public outcry. Following the capitulation of trade union leaders in 2020 arising from the botched strike against electricity tariff hike and petrol hike, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) gave
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“RESIST ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE AND EXPLOITATION”
May 3, 2023
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Socialist Democracy May - June 2023
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Electricity
Privatisation
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DSM
HIGH ELECTRICITY TARIFF LEADS TO HUGE DEBT AND MASS DISCONNECTION
Trade Unions and Community People Should Demand End to Electricity Privatisation Since the advent of civil rule in 1999, the Nigerian self-serving ruling elite have religiously implemented neo-liberal and anti-people policies. This includes privatisation policy which has led to public corporations being stolen from the people. This agenda led to the plunder and destruction of NITEL and the privatization of
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May 3, 2023
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AJEGUNLE: Community People Fight Against Electricity Exploitation
Nigeria’s national electricity grid has collapsed more than 200 times in the last nine years, regularly resulting in widespread blackouts. The power outages, which prevent people from meeting routine business and household needs, result in huge economic and social costs. This is an index of the failure of the electricity privatisation in Nigeria. By Moshood Osunfunrewa Coordinator, DSM Ajegunle Residential
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May 3, 2023
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Ajegunle residents continue opposing exorbitant electricity bills and organise mass protests against mass disconnection
Residents Demand a Reduction in their Electricity Bills and Affordable Electricity Tariff Residents of Tolu area of Ajegunle, Lagos, are presently involved in a mass struggle triggered by December 2022 electricity bills that are crazily high. Some compounds were billed more than N100,000 and this is a community dominated by working class people and the poor masses. Rather than dialogue
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“Ajegunle residents continue opposing exorbitant electricity bills and organise mass protests against mass disconnection”
May 3, 2023
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ELECTRICITY STRUGGLE AND OPPOSING ARRESTS IN AJEGUNLE
Before the illegal police arrest and detention of Mr. Joseph and four female community activists on January 25, 2023, residents of the Ajegunle communities from Tolu up to Wilmer had been organizing public meetings to build up mass resistance against estimated crazy billing and poor electricity supply. By Ajegunle DSM reporters Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKODISCO), the privately-owned energy distribution
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“ELECTRICITY STRUGGLE AND OPPOSING ARRESTS IN AJEGUNLE”
May 3, 2023
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AJEGUNLE ELECTRICITY PROTEST ARRESTS
WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF ALL DETAINED PERSONS AND AN END TO OUTRAGEOUS AND UNJUSTIFIABLE ELECTRICITY BILLS UPDATE Thursday January 26 – all those arrested have now been released, and the struggle against crazy billing continues.  On Wednesday January 25, 2023,  community people, mostly women and youths in the Tolu area of Ajegunle, Apapa, Lagos led by
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