Tag: NUEE
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Nigeria: Electricity Sector Workers Call Off Strike After Gov’t Intervention
Electricity workers in the Federal Republic of Nigeria have suspended their less than a day-long industrial action following a swift intervention by the country’s Minister of Power and officials from the Ministry of Labour. The strike, if not addressed immediately, could have resulted in a nationwide power outage. Nigeria has long struggled to ensure reliable…
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Nigeria: KEDCO Advises Unions To Shun Attempt To Disrupt Services
Nigeria-based Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has announced the resolution of the recent industrial action initiated by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) and the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC). As a result, normal services have been fully restored in KEDCO’s operational areas. In a statement, KEDCO expressed concerns about…
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Nigeria: Power Sector Workers Union Kicks Against Tariff Hike … Threatens Industrial Action
Power sector workers in the Federal Republic of Nigeria have raised objection to the recent increase in electricity tariff for Band A category consumers. The tariff has seen a significant jump from N66 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to N225 kWh. The power sector workers, under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE),…
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Nigeria: Kaduna Disco Staff Embarks On Indefinite Strike Over Poor Conditions…But Mgt Describe Action As Unjust
Aggrieved workers of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, one of the power distribution companies in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on Tuesday started an indefinite protest of unjust treatment and other pending industrial disputes with the management of the company. In a letter signed by Comrade Ado Ali, Secretary of Kaduna State Council of National Union…
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Nigeria: KEDCO Staff Suspend Strikes After Reaching Agreement With Management
Aggrieved workers of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) in the Republic of Nigeria have resumed work after reaching an agreement with management on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. The workers, under the National Union of Electricity Employees and Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies, locked KEDCO’s head office and all regional offices over Management’s…
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Nigeria: Aggrieved Workers Lock KEDCO Head Quarters, Regional Offices In Protest Over Unresolved Welfare Matters
Aggrieved workers of Kano Electricity Distribution Company in the Republic of Nigeria have locked the head office and all regional offices of the company to protest the poor handling of workers’ welfare by the management. The aggrieved workers who are members of the Nigeria Union of Electricity Employees have been pushing management to address several…
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Nigeria: Electricity Workers Serve Notice To Shut Down National Grid Over Unresolved Grievances
Nigeria’s electricity workers have served notice to resume their industrial action by shutting down the country’s power grid if the Federal Government fails to address their grievances as promised a few weeks ago. The workers, under the aegis of NUEE, argue that the two weeks given to resolve the crisis had elapsed. Addressing a press…
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Nigeria: NUEE Strike Action Was A Sabotage-Adetayo Claims
The Convener and Executive Director of PowerUp Nigeria, an electric power consumer rights and power sector policy advocacy organisation, has charged Nigerians to stand up against the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) for plunging the country into darkness last Wednesday. Adetayo Adegbemle, who condemned the action of the Union, argued that the Union’s action…
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Nigeria: Light Back In Nigeria As Workers Suspend Strike For Two Weeks
Nigerian workers in the electricity sector have suspended their strike action with immediate effect. The electricity workers embarked on a strike in protest of unfair labour practices resulting to a blackout in the West African nation. The workers pledged to ensure restoration of supply without further delay after a conciliation meeting between them and Federal…
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Nigeria: TCN Workers Throw Nigerians Into Darkness As They Shut Down All Transmission Substations
Workers of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) have completely shut down all power transmission substations across the West African country in protest of unresolved grievances. The situation has resulted in power supply disruptions in all the eleven electricity Distribution companies (DisCos) franchise areas. With a total population of over 210 million, Nigeria only supplies…