{"id":99608,"date":"2022-09-23T16:36:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T15:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99608"},"modified":"2022-09-23T16:36:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T15:36:43","slug":"again-blackout-looms-as-nuee-threatens-to-shut-down-national-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/again-blackout-looms-as-nuee-threatens-to-shut-down-national-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Again, Blackout Looms As NUEE Threatens To Shut Down National Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), has again threatened to shut down the national grid.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The electricity employees, said the two-week given to the Federal Government to resolve the crisis had elapsed.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The zonal organizing secretary, North West of NUEE, Comrade Dukat Ayuba, while briefing newsmen in Kaduna, said that while negotiation was still on-going, the shutdown of the national grid was imminent.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the so-called privatization of the sector was a scam, explaining that nine (9) years after, nothing had changed to improve its activities, especially to the consumers of electricity.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ayuba added, \u201cThat was why we kicked against privitazing the distribution sector, because the investors don\u2019t have the capacity and expertise. As committed Nigerians, we advised the government against it. But the government was hell bent on doing so.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He noted that the investors were still operating with obsolete equipment dating back to 35, 40, and 50 years, stating that one would expect that with the coming of the investors, they would replace the obsolete equipment but nothing had been done.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He regretted that the nation still generates 5,000 megawatts of electricity, saying that it is the same 5,000 megawatts that they used to generate, with no benefit from privatization.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that the company now generates megawatts with higher tariffs, bringing hardships to the homes of millions of Nigerians and that is what all Nigerians are experiencing at the moment.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wisdom Nwachukwu, a member of Central Executive Committee, noted that the federal government now wants to sell the\u00a0Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He stated that they were going behind meeting with some stakeholders and that they would not allow that, as they were patriotic Nigerians that want the best for the country.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Vice President, North West, NUEE, Ado Gaya, while elaborating further, revealed that the 16 months demanded by the electricity workers is their legitimate earnings which involved 55,000 workers.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He explained that nine years after, the workers have not received a dime, regretting that many of the workers had died, while those who were laid off were suffering with their families receiving nothing to help them make a living.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/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>The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), has again threatened to shut down the national grid. 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