The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), has called on the Federal Government to urgently look into the plight of casual workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).
In a statement issued by the Union Scribe Comrade Joe Ajaero said the conditions of the caused workers deserved the attention and intervention of the Federal Government.
He said the management of the PHCN need to issue confirmation letter to the casual workers who had spent several years working for the PHCN without any recognition. The union scribe said the recent approval of severance package to PHCN workers would help to address the plight of the casual workers, stressing that some of the casual workers had spent over 12 years working in PHCN without any benefits and confirmation of their appointment.
Meanwhile a group of casual workers at the PHCN zonal office ordinance Road, Port Harcourt who pleaded anonymity had told The Tide that they undergone the biometric screening/verification exercise ordered by the Presidential Committee On PHCN reconciliation in the wake of privatization of the company but no confirmation letter issued to them till now. They said, they are the ones doing the bulks of work in PHCN stressing that “we compute accounts on paid PHCN bills, read metres
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