Abuja — ORGANISED Labour in the power industry yesterday alleged that it had uncovered plots by the Federal Government to handover assets of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, to private investors without paying workers' benefits.
Consequently, it threatened to shut down the industry should the government go ahead to do so.
Labour, under the aegis of National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, urged Nigerians to hold the government responsible for the looming turmoil in the sector and advised the investors not to fall into the trap set up by the Bureau for Public Enterprises, BPE and government.
According to NUEE, government has not been able to conclusively clear the outstanding huddles in relation to outstanding labour issues with the workers.
In a statement signed by General Secretary, Joe Ajaero, the union warned that should the investors go ahead to take over on paper without allowing the BPE and government to conclusively sort out the outstanding labour issues with the workers, it would be assumed that they (investors) had equally accepted to pay outstanding labour liabilities.
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