To demand that the increase in electricity prices be reversed, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have closed all Abuja Electricity Distribution Company offices.

According to information obtained, AEDC employees who returned to work on Monday were denied entry into their offices by the NLC.

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Recall that Nigerian workers promised to shut down the offices of the 11 Discos Nationwide and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission in a joint notice signed by Acting Secretary-General Chris Uyot of the NLC and Acting Secretary-General Ankan Hassan of the TUC.

The April 3 energy pricing for band A users was supposed to be reversed to N225 per Kilowatt-hour from N68 kwh, as demanded by Nigerian labor unions.

However, NERC announced a small pricing cut to N206 kwh, ignoring the NLC and TUC reversal appeal.

Organized labor, disgruntled with the tariff cut, threatened to close NERC offices and discos in order to demand their demands.

This incident occurs at a time when Nigerians are dealing with the fallout from skyrocketing headline and food inflation, which in March 2024 stood at 33.20 percent and 40.01 percent, respectively.

Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State is going to teach his rivals a political lesson, according to Edison Ehie, the governor’s chief of staff.

Ehie related the state’s crisis to the conflict over resource allocation.

He gave a speech yesterday at a memorial service honoring the governor’s Supreme Court triumph in the state’s Ahoada East Local Government Area.

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As said by Ehie: “We are going to teach them a lesson of political arithmetic.

“What that small boy (Fubara) will do to you, you’ll know that khaki nor be leather.

“The problem we have in the state is that 11 persons said they would control the resources of Rivers State. These 11 persons now called 20 others to allocate resources to themselves.”

Regarding the political resources in the state, Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, or FCT, have been at odds.

President Bola Tinubu intervened, but the cold war between Fubara and Wike continued to rage.

Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has promised that his government is going to take swift action against individuals who instigate tension within the state.

During a meeting with the newly elected executives of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kaduna on Saturday, the governor made the announcement.

In addition to praising CAN and Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) for their joint efforts to sustain peace and unity among themselves, he called on religious leaders to actively promote harmony and peace among their people.

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He pointed out his commitment to keeping the promises that he made during his election campaigns, highlighting the significance of Kaduna as the northern Nigerian hub.

He said, “I am committed to supporting clerics by providing vehicles to reach all parts of the state effectively to spread messages of peace and unity.”

The governor was earlier praised by Rev. Celeb Maaji, the newly appointed Kaduna CAN chairman, for his accomplishments in less than a year. Maaji claimed that the governor’s historic participation at a Christmas carol concert last year was the epitome of effective leadership.

The governor’s administration has the backing of the Christian community, the CAN state chairman said, and he should bring back Christian events like the pilgrims board and Bible quiz competition in the state.