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Employees of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) Thursday warned the federal government against handing over PHCN facilities to investors without the resolution of labour issues in the sector.
Speaking under the umbrella of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), the employees warned investors to steer clear from PHCN facilities pending the resolution of all labour-related issues.
Speaking under the umbrella of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), the employees warned investors to steer clear from PHCN facilities pending the resolution of all labour-related issues.
The union, in a petition to the Power Minister, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, expressed regret over government’s unwillingness to conclusively address the labour issues in the sector before making public its intention to commence the handover of PHCN facilities to investors.
The letter signed by the union’s Secretary, Joe Ajaero, accused government of making bogus statements to earn public trust and credibility, while the issues that originally constitute cogs in the privatisation process are left unattended.
The union listed the unresolved labour issues to include: haphazard implementation of payments of terminal benefits, non-payment of Retirement Saving Fund to Pension Fund Administrator (PFA), non remittance of two per cent of the union’s deductions as agreed, non implementation of 10 per cent equity share due to the workers, non-payment of retirees who disengaged since 2011 and non regularisation of some of the casuals already indentified.
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