Nigeria: PHCN Workers - Power Minister Pledges New Approach

12 December 2012

Minister of state for power, Hajiya Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi has pledged a new approach to resolve the lingering dispute between the federal government and the workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) over severance package.

The workers have been having a running battle with the federal government after the PHCN was unbundled and successor companies put up for sale for private owners. They have asked government give them severance pay before the firms are handed over to the new investors but both parties are yet to reach a common ground on the methodology to adopt.

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