Thursday, August 18, 2022
Chris Ngige and Joe Ajaero
The Nationwide Union of Electrical energy Workers (NUEE) has agreed to droop their ongoing strike that has thrown the nation into blackout for 2 weeks.
Joe Abah, NUEE’s FCT chairman confirmed the event. He stated the strike call-off adopted a gathering of the union with ministers; labour minister Chris Ngige and his energy ministry counterparts; Abubakar Aliyu and Godfrey Jedy-Agba.
Different events on the parley included officers from the workplace of the Head of Service, Bureau of Public Enterprises and the Transmission Firm of Nigeria.
The gathering agreed to arrange a excessive energy delegation to look into points introduced up by the NUEE and report again inside two weeks.
”On that premise, we determined to droop the strike for 2 weeks pending when the problems will probably be resolved, ” he stated.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Labour and Employment had earlier confirmed the halting of the strike.
“The Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has apprehended the strike embarked upon by the Nationwide Union of Electrical energy Workers (NUEE) following an emergency assembly between the union, authorities, and different stakeholders,” the labour ministry spokesperson acknowledged in a press release.
“Dr Ngige arrange a tripartite committee to look into the grievances of electrical energy employees in direction of addressing them,” it added.
Many elements of the nation experienced a total power outage on Wednesday as electrical energy employees led by Joe Ajaero downed instruments over an industrial deadlock concerning the promotion of senior officers.
The Transmission Firm of Nigeria had earlier on Wednesday confirmed the disruption of its services and the impending intervention of the labour ministry to resolve the dispute.
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