President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of the
management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over the strike
by the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE).
The strike by the NUEE left areas serviced by the AEDC without
power for hours on Monday.
The areas serviced by the company are the federal capital
territory (FCT), Kogi, Nasarawa and Niger states.
The workers were protesting unpaid allowances, salaries and
unremitted pension deductions.
A statement issued by Ofem Uket, media aide of the minister
of state for power, on Tuesday, said the president approved a new interim
governing board to oversee the day-to-day operations of the company.
“The presidential directives as conveyed also directed the Bureau
of Public Enterprises to set up a new management team of the AEDC,” the
statement said.
“In a memorandum of understanding MOU, jointly signed by the
minister of state power Goddy Jedy Agba, the chairman Nigeria Electricity
Regulatory Commission NERC, Sanusi Garba, director-general, Bureau of Public
Enterprises, Alex Okoli, comrade Joe Ajaero on behalf of the union, the federal
government ordered the suspension of the strike [and asked to] given 21 days
within which the outstanding emoluments and entitlements of staff will be
paid.”
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