Former Rivers State Governor and African Democratic Congress (ADC) vice-presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, has claimed that his monthly electricity bill increased from N500,000 to N4 million following the removal of electricity subsidies by the Bola Tinubu administration.

Amaechi made the claim on Thursday while visiting wards across Omuma Local Government Area of Rivers State, where he delivered the campaign message of ADC presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

According to him, Atiku has promised to restore electricity subsidies if elected president.

“Atiku said I should tell you people that he will bring back the subsidy. Tinubu removed subsidy for electricity bill. He said Band A, B and C,” Amaechi said.

He added: “My house electricity bill was N500,000; now I pay N4 million. Atiku said if he comes, I will go back to N500,000. No more Band A and B because government will subsidise it.”

Amaechi also criticised the removal of the petrol subsidy, arguing that the policy had contributed to higher transportation costs and rising food prices.

“Since he removed subsidy, transportation increased, food prices increased, tomatoes, corn, everything,” he said.

The former governor further linked the country’s insecurity to worsening economic conditions, saying farmers were increasingly unable to access their farms.

He maintained that restoring subsidies under an Atiku administration would reduce the cost of living and ease economic pressure on Nigerians.

Nigeria’s electricity tariff structure is divided into Bands A, B, C, D and E, based primarily on the minimum number of hours of electricity supply customers are expected to receive. Band A customers are expected to receive at least 20 hours of supply daily, while lower bands have progressively lower supply thresholds.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, said on July 31 that the Federal Government planned to phase out electricity subsidy payments from 2027.

The Federal Government has also said it spent N3.14 trillion on electricity subsidies between June 2023 and December 2025 to cushion consumers against the impact of tariff increases.