The article discusses how the Nigerian government plans to spend about 1.93 trillion Naira on electricity subsidies by 2025. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) explained that this subsidy is mainly because the government has decided to keep the prices that customers pay for electricity the same, even though the actual costs of providing electricity have gone up. This means the government is covering the difference to help consumers afford their electricity bills.
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