Bolaji Jimoh 
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Monday closed down the Benin Energy Distribution Company (BEDCO), Ondo State headquarters amid the picketing of the NERC and other DisCos offices across the country.
New Telegraph reports that the protest was in demand of the reversal of the announcement made by the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to increase the electricity tariff of Band A across the state.
Employees of the commission were unable to gain entrance into the BEDC because the Labour unions had blocked its main gate, preventing workers from entering the property while they demonstrated and called for the cancellation of the tariff increase.
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Comrade Victor Amoko, the NLC Chairman for Ondo State, spoke during a picket outside Discos’ office and called the recent increase in energy prices unfair.
“We discovered that the FG is so silent over the tariff hike and we observed that the Federal Government is intentionally supporting them to frustrate us.
“We say no to increment in tariff. Before now, we didn’t have adequate electricity supply despite paying a huge amount of money.
“In Akure for instance, for four good days, we won’t have electricity supply and they keep increasing the tariff. We are saying enough is enough.
“What they’re doing is clandestinely short-changing the entire populace. We don’t want it anymore.”
