Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- The Nigerian government on Thursday announced plans to regularise the country's electricity tariffs.

The move, according to the government, aims to address the significant disparity in tariffs between different consumer bands.

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this while speaking at the public presentation of the National Integrated Electricity Policy (NIEP) and Nigeria Integrated Resource Plan (NIRP) in Abuja on Thursday.

In April 2024, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) announced a hike in electricity tariffs for Band A customers, noting that they are offered an average daily electricity supply of 20 hours, although many complain they do not get up to that.

The policy allowed di...