Former chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission
(NERC), Sam Amadi has said ex-President Goodluck Jonathan did not order
the reversal of electricity tariff in 2014.
In the build-up to the 2015 general elections, NERC announced an
increase in electricity tariff, but it later suspended the action.
On Thursday, current Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, claimed the Jonathan administration ordered a reversal of tariff in order to win electoral votes.
But in a statement issued on Friday, Amadi said he and his colleagues at NERC took the decision to suspend the action.
“I have read some piece of news suggesting that President Jonathan
ordered the reversal of electricity tariff during his tenure as
president. Since I have left office I have avoided issues about
electricity regulation in Nigeria to give our successors the best
opportunity to do better than we did,” he said.
“My understanding of public office that the best a former public
officer should do is to truly step aside and be willing to provide
advice if and when it is needed. In the best tradition of public
service, you don’t obstruct the new administration.
“But I am constrained to restate the truth of what happened for the
purpose of ensuring proper information to enable the present
administration do their best to fix the electricity crisis.
“Throughout our five years as commissioners of NERC, there was no
single day that President Jonathan ever dictated or instructed policy to
the commission concerning any issue on electricity regulation”, he
added.
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