OBAFEMI HAMZAT LAMENTS HIGH ELECTRICITY TARIFF, SAYS HIS BILL ROSE BY 974% IN A MONTH. (PHOTO).

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 Obafemi Hamzat laments high electricity tariff, says his bill rose by 974% in a month Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos state, says his electricity bill inexplicably skyrocketed from N2.7 million in March to N29 million in April. Hamzat said the electricity distribution company (DisCo) also frustrated his efforts to utilise the prepaid meter he procured. Punch reports that the deputy governor spoke on Monday during a roundtable discussion between the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and the Lagos state government in Victoria Island. Both parties were billed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the electrification of rural communities in Lagos. Hamzat, who represented Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, at the event, decried what he called ā€œcrazy billsā€ from DisCos. ā€œPeople that are trying to survive, and the common denominator for them is power. They don’t have power. There are billing challenges. In fact I’m a very good example,ā€ he said. ā€œLast month, in my...

A SUICIDE BOMBER DETONATED A BOMB IN THE MIDST OF A SHI'ITE PROCESSION IN KANO STATE,KILLING 21.

                      A male suicide bomber hit a procession of Shi'te Muslims in Kano state as they walked to the city of Zaria to pay homage to their founder in the country.Muhammad Turi said that 21 people had been killed and more wounded .Police said there were casualties but they could not confirm a figure.The blast went off at around 2pm local time near the village of Dakozoye outside the town of Garum Mallam.According to Police Commissioner Muhammad Musa Katsina ,he said ''It was in a bush area,on a farmland along the highway,our concern is to make everywhere safe.The bomb was made of high caliber explosive''.The Commissioner said he did not know who was behind the bombing.

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