Nigeria, April 30 -- The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has stated that there would be a total blackout in the country in the next three months if the proposed electricity tariff hike is not implemented.

Adelabu made this known in Abuja when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Power at an investigative hearing over the recent electricity tariff hike by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)on Monday, 29th April.

"The entire sector will be grounded if we don't increase the tariff. With what we have now in the next three months, the entire country will be in darkness if we don't increase tariffs. The increment will catapult us to the next level. We are also Nigerians, we are also feeling the impact." He added. ...