General Secretary of NUEE, Mr Joe Ajaero
Linda Eroke
The already deplorable power situation in the country may worsen as
workers in the power sector have threatened to stop the supply of
electricity across the country by Tuesday, January 14.
The industrial action is a protest against the federal government’s
refusal to conclude the payment of workers’ entitlements following the
privatisation of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).
The industrial action follows the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum
issued by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) to the
federal government in December last year to conclude all labour-related
issues in the sector.
General Secretary of NUEE, Mr Joe Ajaero, who announced the strike at a
press conference in Lagos, lamented that two months after the handover
of the assets of the defunct PHCN, the labour issues are yet to be
concluded.
He insisted that no staff of the defunct PHCN was fully paid his or her
entitlements, calling on the government to tell the public where the
money that had been released for the payment of the benefits had
disappeared.
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