Afrigather The NUEE members’ strike may throw the nation into darkness, given the employees’ important roles in electrical energy distribution within the nation.
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has directed its members to start full mobilisation to make sure compliance with the directive of the Nigerian labour unions to embark on a nationwide strike.
The NUEE in a discover signed by its appearing basic secretary, Dominic Igwebike, on Monday, urged its members to adjust to the directive and cease work from the early hours of Tuesday.
The NUEE members’ strike may throw the nation into darkness, given the employees’ important roles in electrical energy distribution within the nation.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the Commerce Union Congress (TUC) declared the strike, following the brutalisation of the NLC president, Joe Ajaero, in Imo State on 1 November.
Mr Ajaero was attacked in Owerri, the state capital, throughout an NLC protest towards the Imo State authorities over alleged maltreatment of staff within the state.
The unions on Monday directed their members to down instruments throughout the nation as from Tuesday.
That is regardless of the restraining order issued by the National Industrial Court, in Abuja, on Friday, stopping the labour unions from embarking on the strike. The choose, Benedict Kanyip, ordered the 2 main labour unions to cease their industrial motion scheduled to start on 14 November.
The interim order adopted an ex-parte request by the Nigerian authorities via the workplace of the Lawyer Basic of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, as a result of Labour unions’ risk to embark on strike.
In the meantime, the presidency has referred to as the strike an unlawful and unwarranted act, describing it as a blackmail of the federal government.
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A press release by the Particular Adviser to the President on Data & Technique, Bayo Onanuga, on Monday, mentioned the federal government was nonetheless at a loss as to why labour would punish a complete nation of over 200 million folks over a private matter involving the NLC President.
On Monday, the workplace of the Lawyer-Basic of the Federation equally advised the unions towards the strike, asking them to respect the subsisting court docket order, which it mentioned had been served on them.
The workplace urged the unions to not embark on what it described as a contemptuous act after being served with the court docket order.
Within the discover, the NUEE urged its members to completely withdraw its companies “if the federal government refused to handle the problems raised from the shortfall of the atrocious occasion in Imo State”.
“On the subject of the NLC NEC assembly of immediately: thirteenth November 2023 and the joint communique from NLC and TUC dated 7 November 2023 on nationwide withdrawal of service on 14th November 2023 if the federal government refused to handle the problems raised from the shortfall of the atrocious occasion in Imo State on the first of November 2023, we affirm that the nationwide strike will start as stipulated on Tuesday 14th November 2023.
“To this impact, all Nationwide, State and Chapter executives are requested to start out the mobilization of our members in whole compliance with this directive.
“Please observe that withdrawal of Providers nationwide commences from 0.00 hours of Tuesday, November 14, 2023. Please guarantee whole compliance,” it mentioned.
