{"id":98273,"date":"2022-08-17T16:27:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98273"},"modified":"2022-08-17T16:27:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:27:39","slug":"breaking-electricity-workers-shutdown-national-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-electricity-workers-shutdown-national-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Electricity workers shutdown national grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">After appeals to suspend their proposed strike failed, electricity workers in Nigeria, under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have shut down the national grid and gone on strike, throwing the nation into darkness.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com reports that NUEE had on August 15 directed its members to picket offices of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) nationwide on August 16, after which, embark on strike on August 17.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The General Secretary, NUEE, Mr Joe Ajaero had, in a statement, said the picketing was to protest the directive by the TCN board that all Principal Managers in acting capacity going to Acting General Manager must appear for a promotion interview.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAjaero said the directive was in contravention of the workers\u2019 conditions of service and career progression paths, and alleged that it was unilaterally done without the relevant stakeholders. Other issues raised include stigmatisation of staff from the office of the Head of Service of the Federation from working in other areas in the power sector, and non-payment of December 2019 entitlement of ex-PHCN staff.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nEarlier, the Managing Director of the TCN, Dr Sule Abdulaziz had, in a letter on Tuesday, following the threat by the workers to embark on the strike to drive home their demands, appealed to the electricity workers to suspend their proposed strike.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Abdulaziz disclosed that the management of TCN had suspended the said proposed interview for those on acting appointment of Assistant General Managers and General Managers while discussion with the board is concluded.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cOn the other two issues: circular from the office of Head of Service on stigmatisation of the defunct PHCN staff; payment of entitlement of ex-PHCN staff by market operator, the management has contacted the Honourable Minister of Power for his further action. In view of this development, we appeal to your union to stay action; please accept the assurances of our highest regards,\u201d Abdulaziz stated.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the Minister of State for Power, Mr Goddy Jedy-Agba, in a letter dated August 15, 2022 to the union, said that the ministry was committed to proffering solutions that would be acceptable to all parties concerned.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cMay we appeal to your great union to allow us two weeks from the date of this letter to address the issues and come up with proposals toward acceptable resolution of all issues,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/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>After appeals to suspend their proposed strike failed, electricity workers in Nigeria, under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have shut down the national grid and&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":98274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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