How Procedural Issues Caused Delay
ELECTRICITY workers, who are to give way for new private owners of Nigeria’s electricity utilities to take over, have started getting their severance packages, according to the Federal Government.
There were initial concerns that firms who had paid the initial 25 per cent were skeptical about paying the balance of 75 per cent because of the lingering crisis between government and the workers, as the new plant owners want government to sort out its issues with Labour to allow a smooth take-off.
Information from the Ministry of Power indicate that over 9000 electricity workers in 17 successor companies of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have started getting alerts from their banks.
The Ministry told The Guardian at the weekend that the telephones of electricity workers are already buzzing with alerts from their banks indicating actual payment from government.
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