The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Sunday responded to the immediate past Chairman, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Sam Amadi, who said that the Senate acted beyond its constitutional powers in directing that the recent hike in electricity tariffs be rescinded, Premium Times reports.
The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, who described Mr. Amadi’s statement as “treacherous, shameful and saddening”, called for the immediate probe of his tenure at the agency. Mr. Wabba pointed out that even if the independence of the executive was absolute, such could not be in “pursuance of criminality, fraud or injustice.”
The Labour leader said he found it disgusting that Mr. Amadi could only remember the independence of the executive and not that of the judiciary, which gave a restraining order to NERC to suspend the tariffs implementation until the substantive case was determined.
Source: Energy Mix Report News
