{"id":98187,"date":"2022-08-15T23:56:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T22:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98187"},"modified":"2022-08-15T23:56:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T22:56:51","slug":"breaking-blackout-looms-as-electricity-workers-begin-strike-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-blackout-looms-as-electricity-workers-begin-strike-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Blackout looms as electricity workers begin strike Wednesday\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are indications that the nation\u2019s electricity supply crisis might worsen from Wednesday, as Organized Labour has directed workers in the Power sector to down tools and commence an indefinite strike over pending Labour issues with the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nUnder the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, as a prelude to the strike, the aggrieved workers are scheduled to picket the Abuja national Headquatres of TCN Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a circular by the General Secretary of NUEE, Joe Ajaero, titled \u201cCall for Action\u201d, to Senior Assistant General Secretaries and\u00a0 Zonal Organising Secretaries dated August 15, 2022, the Union directed them to ensure total compliance.<\/p>\n<p>Details later&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are indications that the nation\u2019s electricity supply crisis might worsen from Wednesday, as Organized Labour has directed workers in the Power sector to down tools and commence an indefinite&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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