Nigeria: Jonathan Orders Payment of N384 Billion Severance Package to Disengaged PHCN Staff

20 February 2013

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday directed the immediate payment of N384 billion severance package to disengagement staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the payment of the disengagement benefit had been the crux of the unresolved labour issues that had set the organised labour against government.

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