The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has suspended its strike.
This followed a meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige on Wednesday.
“The Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has apprehended the strike embarked upon by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) following an emergency meeting between the union, government, and other stakeholders, at the instance of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige,” read a statement from the Head, Press and Public Relations of the ministry.
“Dr Ngige set up a tripartite committee to look into the grievances of electricity workers towards addressing them.”
The statement added that the union’s secretary general, Joe Ajaero, has “assured the minister that all necessary steps would be taken to restore the electricity supply to the country immediately”.
The Union complained about the “failure of the Federal Government to pay the entitlements of some former staff of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) since December 2019”.
In a circular by Joe Ajaero, its General Secretary, it had vowed to paralyse operations of the TCN nationwide over “anti-masses activities”.
