{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_hawn64nspngo46oj7bia","title":"FG’s electricity subsidy falls to N679.58bn in six months — NERC","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/fgs-electricity-subsidy-falls-to-n679-58bn-in-six-months-nerc-hawn64nspn","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_hawn64nspngo46oj7bia","seq":1287692,"kind":"article","title":"FG’s electricity subsidy falls to N679.58bn in six months — NERC","url":"https://www.thepointng.com/fgs-electricity-subsidy-falls-to-n679-58bn-in-six-months-nerc","summary":"The Federal Government incurred N679.58 billion in electricity subsidy obligations in the first half of 2026, representing a 35.27 per cent decline from the N1.05 trillion recorded during the corresponding period of 2025, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. NERC disclosed this in its second-quarter 2026 report, which showed that the government’s subsidy obligation […] The post FG’s electricity subsidy falls to N679.58bn in six months — NERC appeared…","published":"2026-10-02T06:42:57Z","seen":"2026-10-02T07:24:55Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-thepointng-com-123119","name":"thepointng.com","domain":"thepointng.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q115223617","name":"The Point","type":"newspaper","country":"NG","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-thepointng-com-123119","topics":["economy","lead story","news","trending"],"authors":["Udeme Bassey"],"entities":[{"id":"Q4272261","name":"Natural Environment Research Council","type":"org"}],"story":"st_hawn64nspngo46oj7bia","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.8799999952316284,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.5899999737739563,"political":0.6299999952316284}]}