Nigeria: PHCN Workers Threaten to Throw the Nation Into Darkness

27 February 2009

WORKERS in the nation's electricity sector have issued a-21 day strike notice to the management of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) over alleged management unwillingness to conclude and implement a new pay package for the workers as well as plans to break PHCN into 18 successor companies to take over its operations.

Under the umbrella of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), the workers in a petition to the Executive Vice Chairman\Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PHCN, and copied to among others, Minister of Power, Minister of Labour and Productivity, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Power, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Labour and Productivity, and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), vowed to shut down PHCN's operations and throw the nation into total darkness should the management fail to address their grievances within the 21 days.

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