The Federal Government has reneged on its promise to complete the payment of the severance benefits of the staff of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) by the end of June 2013, it appeared yesterday.
Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, had on April 22 told President Gooluck Jonathan at the banquet hall of the State House, Abuja that before the end of June, 2013, government would have completed the payment of PHCN severance benefits.
Yesterday was the last working day of June, and as at press time, no PHCN worker had acknowledged any notice of payment. The ministry had promised to commence payment on June 17.
The President of Nigeria Union of Electricity Employees, Comrade Mansur Musa, confirmed that none of the workers had received his or her severance benefits.
He said the union had already added government’s failure to the so many times it had disappointed the country on various issues.
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