Kamfanonin rarraba wutar lantarki a Nijeriya, wanda ake kira DisCos, sun sanar da karin farashin mitra daban-daban na wutar lantarki, wanda ya zama laraba a cikin wata hudu.
Daga cikin bayanan da DisCos suka wallafa, farashin mitra na fazo daya ya karu daga kimanin N117,000 zuwa N149,800. Wannan adadin ya nuna karin 28.03% ko N32,800, wanda ya dogara ne da kamfanin rarraba wutar lantarki da mai sayar da mitra.
Farashin sababbi sun fara aiki ne daga ranar Talata, 5 ga Nuwamba, 2024, kamar yadda aka wallafa a shafin hukuma na DisCos a ranar Laraba.
Karin farashin mitra ya biyo bayan wani karin da aka yi a watan Agusta 2024, wanda ya sa masu amfani da wutar lantarki suka yi mamakin game da kudin siye da samun mitra.
Dangane da bayanan da aka samu, farashin mitra ya shafi kamfanonin rarraba wutar lantarki daban-daban, kamar Eko DisCo, Ibadan DisCo, Abuja DisCo, Kano Electricity Distribution, da Kaduna DisCo. Misali, Eko DisCo ta tsayar da farashin mitra na fazo daya tsakanin N135,987.5 zuwa N161,035, yayin da mitra na fazo uku ya kasance tsakanin N226,600 zuwa N266,600.
Ibadan DisCo ta ce masu amfani za su biya tsakanin N130,998 zuwa N142,548 don mitra na fazo daya, da N226,556.25 zuwa N232,008 don mitra na fazo uku.
Kamfanin rarraba wutar lantarki na Abuja ya ce masu amfani za su biya tsakanin N123,130.53 zuwa N147,812.5 don mitra na fazo daya, da N206,345.65 zuwa N236,500 don mitra na fazo uku.
Kano Electricity Distribution ta ce masu amfani za su biya tsakanin N127,925 zuwa N129,999 don mitra na fazo daya, da N223,793 zuwa N235,425 don mitra na fazo uku.
Kaduna DisCo ta ce masu amfani za su biya tsakanin N131,150 zuwa N142,548.94 don mitra na fazo daya, da N220,375 zuwa N232,008.04 don mitra na fazo uku.
Hukumar Kula da Wutar Lantarki ta Nijeriya (NERC) ta kaddamar da tsarin sababbi na sayar da mitra a watan Afrilu, inda ta sanar da cewa farashin mitra za ayyana ta hanyar yin bidda mai gasa maimakon tsarin tsakiya.
Wannan canji ya nufin kawo karin gasa tsakanin masu sayar da mitra, wanda zai inganta tsarin siye da samun mitra ga masu amfani.