SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Protest against 500 per cent increase of Sudan power fees

4/1/2021: Radio Dabanga - Protest against 500 per cent increase of Sudan power fees

 Radio Dabanga report that the Economic Committee of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) demand the immediate cancellation of the “unjustified” and “illegal” 500% increase of electricity tariffs, which aim to “lift electricity subsidies altogether”.

 The “inflated power fees will lead to an increase in the prices of many goods and services, and negatively affect agricultural and industrial production and exports,” the FFC warns, adding that “this large increase in the electricity fees is implemented illegally, as it is not included in the 2021 National Budget, that has not been passed yet.”

 The committee also objected to “contradictory figures” concerning electricity subsides, with different sums given in the Budget and by Ministry of Energy.

 It further considers the increase in the power tariffs a violation of the September 2020 National Economic Conference – which called for delaying lifting subsidies until necessary economic reforms including direct cash support are conducted.