INDUSTRIAL ACTION: Nigerian electricity workers under the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) gathered to protest outside the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) headquarters in Abuja as they prepare for industrial action to drive home their demand.
The group announced that its members will stop working on Wednesday, as they contend that the government, is not doing enough to address personnel welfare concerns of the workers.
The strike if allowed to take place will undoubtedly add salt to injury as it will make Nigeria’s power supply, which had never been anything to celebrate, to get in worse.
The NUEE advised its members to abide by the directive and halt working as of August 17 in a notice that was signed by the General Secretary of the union, Joe Ajaero.
Clariform recalls that on the 18th of May, the union gave the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of TCN a 14-day deadline and threatened to down tools if its objections were not addressed.
The notice issued by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) to its members ahead of today’s protest partly reads:
“You are hereby enjoined to mobilise immediately for serious picketing of TCN Headquarters and Stations nationwide over the directive by the TCN Board that all PMs in acting capacity going to AGM must appear for a promotion interview”
“This directive is in contravention of our Conditions of Service and Career Progression Paths and was unilaterally done without the relevant Stakeholders.”
The group also expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s refusal to properly pay off the former employees of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in December 2019.
