Electricity workers issue ultimatum
Electricity generation, transmission and distribution may be disrupted in the nation as electricity workers have concluded plans to embark on strike. The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), which issued the threat yesterday in Lagos, said that the union was set to protest if the payment of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN workers’ severance package was not implemented by the Federal Government.
Chairman of the Lagos chapter of NUEE, Mr. Adeleke Ibrahim, said the union had already issued a nine-day ultimatum that would expire on July 31, 2013. Ibrahim said the payment had suffered setbacks due to the inability of the Federal Ministry of Power to put its records straight.
The chairman urged the committees and government agencies saddled with the computation of the workers’ severance package to expedite action and ensure they were paid on time. Ibrahim said the union would resist any further delay in payment of the severance package as from the end of this month.
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