9 November 2009
Abuja — Electricity workers under the auspices of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) and Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) yesterday said that federal government cannot meet the 6,000 mega watts target this year.
They said that the target has been a propaganda campaign.
A joint statement signed by the Presidents of the two unions Mansur Musa (NUEE) and Bede Opara (SSAEAC) said Nigerians should hold the federal government accountable for woes in the power sector as workers would not sit by and watch the sector collapse.
"Now that it has glaringly dawned on federal government that their one-sided uncoordinated plan of realising 6,000mw by December, has become a mirage, a new plan has been hatched by the ministry of power to hinge this inevitable failure on the workers by provoking them into reactions", the statement said.
The unions challenged the power ministry to point at any project completed on the platform of the hard earned revenue of the country, adding that Nigerians now know better where the substantial portion of the much published fund released to revamp the power sector goes to.
The workers also alleged that the bidding process for Egbin thermal station was not transparent.
Be the first to Write a Comment!
Copyright © 2009 Daily Trust. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
