Electricity Workers Suspend Nationwide Strike
POLITICS DIGEST – The National Union of Electricity Employees has suspended its nationwide strike.
Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) made this known on Thursday, in a statement signed by the the company’s Head of Corporate Communications, Ibrahim Sani Shawai.
KEDCO said, “Following the agreement reached between National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) and representatives of Government this morning, on all the issues in contention which led to the Union suspending the industrial action it embarked upon yesterday”.
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The company then assured of its customers in Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states to expect improved services from them, while also calling on them not to relent in their effort of paying their monthly bills promptly.
The electricity workers had, on Wednesday, shut down the headquarters of Ikeja Electric and Eko Electricity Distribution Company in Ikeja and Marina, Lagos.
President of the NUEE, Joe Ajaero, had, in a statement, accused the Bureau of Public Enterprise of failing to address and pay up over 2,000 disengaged workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria since 2013.
He alleged underpayment of severance of over 50,000 ex-PHCN staff and illegal transfer of schools built by the union to investors.
He also accused GENCOs of refusing to sign Condition of Service and rules of engagement, adding that some DISCOs were also denying the retirement benefits of some electricity workers.