 The House of Representatives at Plenary took steps to stop the planned electricity tariff hike by distribution companies' discourse. Consequently, the House urged the National Electricity Regulatory Commission not to approve any increase in electricity tariff in Nigeria. This followed the adoption of a motion moved by Hon. Ali Yusani Madaki from Cano, who recalled that these goals recently alerted customers of a planned electricity tariff hike hinged on the multi-year tariff order. Madaki noted that a secular issue by Disco stated that effective July 1, there will be an upward review of the electricity tariff, influenced by fluctuating rates. Ruling on the motion after intense debate and loud voice notes in its support, the Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, who presided over Plenary, referred to the Committee on Power when constituted, saying it was a utility motion. We look at the salary of an average Nigerian who owns a car, who has a house or rent a house. Mr. Speaker, in a house of five-bed room today in Abuja, you don't pay any select than 100,000 for electricity every month. And about six months back, without telling anybody, this same agency went and increased the price. Infrastructure costs has gone up. Diesel costs has gone up on their side as well. How do we make them comfortable so that they can sustain the present rate regime? That is what we are requesting for, sir, that we find a way of bringing the neck on board and the disco instead of having a and saying those increase permanently. I so submit, Mr. Speaker. If we are coming here to discuss on how to ensure that the prices are affordable to the common man, we have to find a way to ensure that the industry itself is not suffocated by on due regulation. We are asking for foreign investment to come and expand the industry. If we continue to fix prices and refuse to allow the prices to be competitive and allowing the issue of willing seller and willing buyer to prevail in the industry, we'll eventually kill that. The verse not to increase price. And the house rules in unison and say, no, allow them. Allow the market forces play out. We are faced with another issue that is similar to that. Private sector engagement market forces against government position is a very nice debate. Nice topic. Let's ventilate it a little bit.