Strike: Reasons Why The National Union Of Electricity Employees Went On Strike And Why It Was Suspended
Hush Gist
18 Aug 2022
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has suspended its nationwide strike action.
Parts of the country experienced power outages as members of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Wednesday, 17 August 2022 commenced an indefinite industrial strike action.
According to available reports, members of the electricity union were protesting the nonpayment of outstanding arrears owed to former workers of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), suspension of conditions of service and career path for workers and the directive by the TCN board to conduct promotion interviews for acting principal managers who are moving to Assistant General Managers .
In furtherance with the available reports, the data from the Independent System Operation (ISO), a section of TCN, power generation on the grid was 4,149.40MW as of 6am from 21 power plants on Wednesday but drastically dropped to 1,635MW from 17 plants.
By 12 noon, the grid had crashed to 1,246.40MW as three power plants went off, and by 1pm, the grid dropped to 762.30MW with just 13 plants active. The peak generation achieved on Tuesday was 4,829MW.
Some of the transmission companies took to social media to inform their customers of the power cut due to the strike.
The striking workers vowed not to resume work until all their demands were met by the Federal Government.
The Strike was immediately suspended after an emergency meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige on Wednesday.
The minister’s spokesman Olajide Oshundun, announced that Ngige intervened in the industrial action.
NUEE Secretary General, Joe Ajaero, assured that electricity would be restored across the country yesterday’s night.
