Electricity workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have restored power supply nationwide after they shut down the national grid and went on strike on Wednesday.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the electricity workers, in protest, shut down the national grid, throwing the nation into the darkness to press home their demands.
The electricity workers embarked on the strike in protest against the directive by the board of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) that all Principal Managers in acting capacity going to Acting General Manager must appear for a promotion interview.
The General Secretary of NUEE, Mr Joe Ajaero, had in a statement explained that the directive was in contravention of the workers’ 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.
Following intervention by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, the electricity workers’ union agreed to call off the industrial strike action for two weeks and restore power supply across the country.
The blackout which started at about 11:00 am on Wednesday lasted overnight till about 7:30 am on Thursday morning when the national grid came back on stream and power supply was restored.
