Electricity employees suspend nationwide strike

Two large energy unions person suspended their planned nationwide onslaught pursuing the involution of the Federal Government.

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) and the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) had threatened to embark connected concern enactment implicit unresolved issues successful the powerfulness sector.

The workers had earlier planned to down tools to property location their demands from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) implicit non-implementation of the nationalist minimum wage and different operational issues.

The national decided to suspend the onslaught aft extended discussions with representatives of the Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu and the labour unions.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed astatine the extremity of the meeting in Abuja connected Thursday night.

A transcript of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), sighted by NAN successful Abuja connected Friday, revealed that the statement was signed by representatives of the Ministers of Power and Labour, arsenic good arsenic leaders of the labour unions.

Other signatories to the MoU see representatives of the TCN and the National Independent System Operator(NISO), who signed connected behalf of the national government.

While the General Secretary of SSAEAC and the acting General Secretary of NUEE signed for the labour unions.

The MoU said, ”After extended discussions, the pursuing agreements were reached: Among the agreements was the determination for the unions to see the study of a lasting committee betwixt Oct. 6 and  Oct.7, with a presumption to commencing its implementation successful the aforesaid month.

In addition, TCN and NISO are to jointly measure the fiscal implications of the study and hole an implementation program for presumption to the curate and the unions.

It was further resolved that some unions would reconvene with TCN and NISO absorption to code different outstanding issues.

The  MoU besides directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to fast-track the reappraisal of tariffs for TCN and NISO to alteration implementation of the committee’s recommendations.

The MoU besides included a cardinal clause stating that nary worker would beryllium victimised for participating successful the concern action.

Following the agreement, and successful a amusement of bully faith, the unions announced the suspension of the planned onslaught to let for the implementation of the resolutions reached during negotiations.

(NAN)

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