PHCN Workers
Linda Erokeรข€¨
Barely one week after the Federal Government had reached agreement with the unions in the power sector to settle all outstanding benefits of employees of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has alleged plot by the power ministry to sabotage the agreement.
The union in a statement issued yesterday, said the officials in the power ministry are insisting that they will pay 20 per cent of gratuity when the agreement stated that: “Total accrued gratuity as at June 30, 2012 shall be paid in accordance with the defined benefit scheme stipulated in the PHCN 2010 Conditions of Service.”
The statement signed by the union’s Secretary, Joe Ajaero, stated that the workers were committed more than ever before to resist any attempt by power ministry to undermine the workers or even contemplate batch payment.
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