Tag: NUEE

Electricity Workers Union To Join Labour In Nationwide Strike

Abibat Babalola

The National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has said it is joining the proposed nationwide strike scheduled for Wednesday, by the Nigerian Labour Congress. Acting General Secretary of the body, Dominic Igwebike, in a statement urged leaders of the body at national and state levels to begin mobilization ahead of the strike. Igwebike made the call in a statement titled: “Mobilization for Nationwide withdrawal of services.” READ ALSO: OPEC Downgrades Nigeria’s 2024 Oil Output To 1.38 million barrels Daily US Cessna Plane Crash Kills Trump Donor’s Family Members The Problem…

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Workers Shut Down Owerri Airport, Oil, Electricity Employees Down Tools

Precious Ibekwe

Also, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has directed its members to “ensure total shutdown of all services of NUPENG members in Imo State.”   National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has announced the shutdown of Owerri airport over the attack by Imo State Government agents on members who were attending NLC state congress on Tuesday. The announcement by the union followed a directive by the national leadership of the NLC. Comrade Ocheme Aba, General Secretary of NUATE, in a letter dated March 8 informed…

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DisCos Lured Govt, Collected N2trn After Privatisation – Electricity Workers

Ganiyu Amodu

Take It Back, NUEE Seeks Reversal Of Power Asset Sale from ‘hustlers’ and ‘hawks’   Electricity workers in Nigeria have alleged that new owners of power assets, whom they described as ‘hustlers’ and ‘hawks,’ have lured the government and so far collected N2 trillion naira in the name of interventions. Rising under the auspices of National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, they urged the Nigerian Government to reverse the privatisation of the nation’s power sector, alleging that new owners of the privatised companies have contributed poorly to the power sector.…

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JUST IN: Blackout As Electricity Workers Shut Transmission Stations

ADEOLA YUSUF

“As of 11.46 this morning it is believed that about 60 percent of the stations have been shut down. The action could be total by the end of the day as NUEE strike continues.”     Electricity workers on Wednesday made good their threat to shut down transmission stations across the country Platforms Africa reports that rising under the auspices of National Union Of Electricity Employees (NUEE), the workers at about 10 am on Wednesday began to shut down the transmission stations thereby plunging the nation into partial blackout.  The action could…

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Power Ministry Moves To Stop Workers From Plunging Nigeria Into Darkness

Ganiyu Amodu

Government begs for two weeks to address issues raised by NUEE + CIRCULAR from power ministry   The ministry of power has began moves to stop workers from a plan strike that could sink Nigeria Into a nationwide darkness. A circular from the Ministry sent to the executive members of Nigeria Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) obtained exclusively by Platforms Africa showed that the minustry was begging for two weeks to address issues raised by the union. READ ALSO: EXCLUSIVE: MDs Fired as Nigeria Takes Over Benin, Kano, Kaduna DisCos…

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