Electricity and Fuel Hike : 302 Nigerians, SERAP sue Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and 302 Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the leadership of the National Assembly over the recent hike in electricity tariff and fuel price. This was made known in a statement by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, titled ‘SERAP sues Buhari, NASS, wants court to declare electricity tariff, fuel price hike illegal’. The Federal Government had on September 1 announced a total removal of subsidy from the price of the Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol and thereby pushed the price per litre of petrol to