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The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgments in four separate legal battles on the raging political leadership tussles in Rivers State. The Apex Court reserved judgments till a date that would be communicated to parties after talking arguments from lawyers involved in the matters. Justice Musa Uwani Aba-Aji, who led a 5-man panel of justices
Supreme Court reserves judgments in 4 cases on Rivers political tussles
The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgments in four separate legal battles on the raging political leadership tussles in Rivers State.
The Apex Court reserved judgments till a date that would be communicated to parties after talking arguments from lawyers involved in the matters.
Justice Musa Uwani Aba-Aji, who led a 5-man panel of justices that heard the cases, announced that parties would be communicated once the judgments are ready.
The four appeals are marked SC/CV/1174/2024, between Rivers State House of Assembly and others against the Rivers State Government and nine others; SC/CV/1175/2024, between Rivers State House of Assembly and others against the Rivers State Governor and nine others; SC/CV/1176/2024, between Rivers State House of Assembly and others against Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, and nine others; and SC/CV/1177/2024, between Rivers State House of Assembly and others against the Accountant General of Rivers State and nine others.
They are in respect of some judgments delivered by the federal high court in Abuja which prohibited the release of monthly fund to Rives from the Federation Account and another that barred the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC from releasing voter register to the state government for the purpose conducting local government election among others.
It will be recalled that Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the federal high court in Abuja had ordered the stoppage of the release of allocations from the federal government to Rivers State until the governor presented the budget before the Martin Amaewhule-led House of Assembly members.
However, the Court of Appeal in Abuja, upturned the judgment of Justice, Joyce Abdulmalik on the grounds of grave injustice in the findings and decisions.
Similarly, the Court of Appeal, in another judgment, upturned the judgment of Justice Peter Lifu, also of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which had ruled against the conduct of the October 5, 2024, local government council election in Rivers on the grounds that the due process of Rivers State laws on local government elections had not been followed.
At Monday’s proceedings, Joseph Bodunde Daudu SAN represented the camp loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT Nyesom Wike while Chris Uche SAN led the camp of governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Supreme Court reserves judgments in 4 cases on Rivers political tussles
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The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, has advocated for an increase in electricity supply from the average of 4,000MW per day. The Director-General of MAN, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, stated this in his reaction to the proposed increase in electricity tariff. He noted that electricity is a critical input in manufacturing processes, saying that it has a
MAN advocates increase in electricity supply in Nigeria
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, has advocated for an increase in electricity supply from the average of 4,000MW per day.
The Director-General of MAN, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, stated this in his reaction to the proposed increase in electricity tariff. He noted that electricity is a critical input in manufacturing processes, saying that it has a significant impact on production costs and prices of products.
He opined, “Incessant increase in electricity tariff in Nigeria is hindering the performance of the sector and growth of the economy.”
According to him, sustainable and low-cost energy supply provides incentives for scale production and competitiveness of the industrial sector. He believes that it was based on the critical importance of energy security in achieving the industrial aspiration of Nigeria that the power sector was privatized in 2013 to improve the scale of energy supply to the nation, particularly the industries.
The Director-General stated that privatization has not yielded the desired results, saying that it is widely believed that the operators in the value chain lack the technical and financial capacity to operate and deliver optimally.
The installed capacity, according to him, has been consistently put around 10,000MW, stressing that it has not been fully utilized due to the limited capacity of the GenCos and DisCos to generate and distribute adequate electricity supply nationwide.
He lamented that despite the inability to meet consumer demand, the country has witnessed a consistent increase in tariff without commensurate and good-quality supply.
Ajayi-Kadir noted that, according to NBS, electricity supply stood at 5,909.83 GWh in Q2 2023 but reduced to 5,769.52 GWh in Q1 2024 and 5,612.52 GWh in Q2 2024 when the tariff increase of over 230 percent was implemented. This indicates a 5.03 percent decrease year on year and a 2.72 percent decrease quarter on quarter.
He noted that MAN has repeatedly advocated for an increase in electricity supply from the abysmal average of 4,000MW per day for over 200 million people, whereas Nigeria needs more than 30,000MW of electricity to appreciably meet the growing electricity demands of businesses and households in the country.
The MAN DG disclosed that the proposed increase in electricity tariff is inimical to the competitiveness of Nigerian products and businesses, as it would further exacerbate the impact of high production costs, worsen the current inflationary pressure, aggravate the pressure on the disposable income of the average Nigerian, increase the unsold inventory of manufacturers, erode their profit margins, increase the unemployment rate, and lead to the closure of more private businesses.
MAN advocates increase in electricity supply in Nigeria
