Nigeria, April 14 -- Ikeja Electric Plc announced Saturday it has obtained approval to add 34 additional Band A feeders to its network.

The company disclosed this in a statement posted on its Facebook page on Saturday.

Last Wednesday, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) ordered the immediate upward review of electricity tariffs from Wednesday, 3 April.

The NERC Vice Chairperson, Musiliu Oseni, who disclosed this while speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, explained that the increase would affect only electricity customers in band A.

He noted that the increase would not affect Bands B, C, D and E while noting that the number of customers previously on Band A has been reduced.

Band A customers are offe...