NLC pickets PHEDC office in Calaba

The Chairman of the Cross River State chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade John Ushie on Monday described the hike in electricity tariff by the federal government as economic crime.

Ushie, who stated this after picketing the Calabar office of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC), said the new tariff violates section 76 of power sector reform.