By Eberechi Obinagwam
National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), has told Nigerians to hold the minister of power responsible for blackout across the country if after a fresh 14 day ultimatum, the federal government fails to implement the December 11, 2019 agreement.
The union gave this threat at a press conference with journalists in Lagos.
General Secretary, Joe Ajaero, said the union is giving a fresh 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to honour the agreement; else they will have no other choice than to shut down the power sector indefinitely as they did the other time.
At the meeting, Ajaero, accused the minister of state for power, Goddy Agba, of harassment and intimidation during the union’s negotiation on challenges affecting workers in the sector.
He said that though government agencies had intervened in the matter, the union has not gotten any timely implementation of its demands.
Pointing out the issues surrounding the implementation, he said the centre of the dispute was the non-payment of the entitlements of workers of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) laid off when the company was privatised as well as short-payment and conditions of service for workers of electricity companies.
