Nigeria TV Info ta ruwaito cewa: Tallafin da Gwamnatin Tarayya ke bayarwa kan farashin wutar lantarki ya karu da tsanani daga naira biliyan ₦610 a shekarar 2023 zuwa naira tiriliyan ₦1.94 a shekarar 2024, wanda ke nuna karin kashi 219.67 cikin dari na kudaden tallafi cikin shekara guda. Wannan kari ya faru ne duk da karin farashin Band A da aka aiwatar a watan Afrilu na 2024.

Hukumar Kula da Lantarki ta Najeriya (NERC) da masana harkar lantarki sun bayyana cewa wannan hauhawar tallafin ya biyo bayan sauye-sauyen tattalin arziki da suka biyo bayan sakin darajar Naira da Shugaba Bola Tinubu ya aiwatar a watan Yuni 2024, tare da cire tallafin mai gaba ɗaya—matakai biyu da suka haddasa hauhawar farashi da kuma ƙaruwa a farashin samar da makamashi.

Rahoton NERC na shekarar 2024 ya bayyana cewa an tsara naira tiriliyan ₦1.94 domin rufe gibin dake tsakanin ainihin farashin wutar lantarki da kuma farashin da aka kayyade wanda kwastomomi ke biya. Duk da haka, Gwamnatin Tarayya ta iya biyan naira miliyan ₦371.34 kacal, wanda ya kai kashi 0.019 cikin dari na gaba ɗaya abin da ya kamata ta biya.

Rahoton ya kara da cewa, saboda shawarar gwamnati na dakatar da karin farashi a dukkan Kamfanonin Rarraba Wuta (DisCos), an samu matsakaicin nauyin tallafi na naira biliyan ₦161.85 a kowane wata—wanda ke daidai da kashi 62.59 cikin dari na dukkan kudin NBET na 2024. Wannan yana nuna manufar gwamnati na kare 'yan ƙasa daga cikakken farashin wuta duk da tsadar samarwa da rarrabawa da ke ƙaruwa.