Nigerians may experience another round of nationwide blackouts as the National Union of Electricity Employees began strike action on Wednesday over non-implementation of the national minimum wage, casualisation of workers and other demands.
This is the case, as acting general secretary of NUEE, Dominic Igwebike, in a notice on Wednesday, asked members to withdraw their services.
The union said its decision to commence strike is due to the expiration of the ultimatum issued to the management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria over its demands.
NUEE said it cannot fold its hands while the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) goes down the drain, hence the justification for the strike action.
“It is unfortunate that the TCN Management has decided to handle these issues with kid gloves and a lack of regard for the hard-working staff of TCN. This, they have displayed without any defined road map(s) to addressing them.
“We cannot continue to fold our arms while we watch our rights being vehemently violated and the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) going down the drain. To this end, the Union is compelled to withdraw its services.
“Members are hereby directed to withdraw services until such time that the management is ready to discharge its obligations towards the workforce,” the notice reads.
Meanwhile, spokesperson of TCN, Ndidi Mbah, is yet to respond to texts or calls as of filing this report.
Newssphere reports that strike action would affect the country’s national grid, electricity distribution companies and generation companies.
The union had downtools in June 2024, which resulted in a disruption in electricity supply.
