THE Federal Government has set June 17, 2013 for the commencement of the payment of the N384 billion benefits to the workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).
The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo, made this disclosure during the tour of Egbin Power Plc, in Lagos, recently.
Nebo explained that barring all unforeseen contingencies as well as documentation lapses by the over 50,000 PHCN workers, payment would begin on June 17.
He said: “For several months, the Technical and Implementation Committee on payment of severance benefits have been meeting on the issue, and we thought by now we would have gone far in the payment.”
He, however, said that the insistence by the power sector labour union that casual workers numbering over 12,000 should be fully integrated into the system and given appointment letters actually delayed the process.
“I can authoritatively tell you that the appointment letters of the casual workers have been signed and payment would begin by June 17.”
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