National President of NUEE, Comrade Joe Ajaero, disclosed this to
Thisday Newspaper after hours of meetings with the Federal government.
“We have concluded deliberations and all issues were addressed but we
are awaiting implementation. Meanwhile, our strike action is
suspended,” Ajaero said at the end of the meeting that ended in the
early hours of today
The union had decided to down tools following the Federal Government
inability to resolve the lingering industrial crisis in the sector. The
union had earlier given the Federal government a 21-day ultimatum to
address its grievances. The ultimatum expired on Tuesday December 10th
and so they decided to embark on a strike action on Wednesday December
11th.
Some of their grievances include illegal transfer of union properties
to power investors and the alleged refusal by some distribution
companies (DisCos) to remit deducted contributory pension of their
members of staff to pension managers.
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company also announced this on its Twitter handle.
