Organised labour in the nation's Electricity sector, has given the Federal Government March 26, (Tomorrow) to pay workers of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, their terminal benefits and other benefits to avoid industrial unrest.
Indication of mounting restiveness now pervades the sector as labour laments alleged increasing breach of the agreement reached between it and the Federal Government over the unpaid benefits among other issues.
Vanguard gathered that the Technical Committee jointly set up by the government and labour to monitor the level of payment of the benefits had long concluded its tour of the country and allegedly discovered that the claim of payment by officials of government especially the Bureau for Public Enterprises, BPE, was only done on papers, met with the Accountant General of the Federation last week.
It was gathered that the Accountant General promised that payment would begin this Wednesday.
Speaking on this development, Secretary General of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, Joe Ajaero, said the union would give the government up till Wednesday (tomorrow) before deciding what to do.
Via: Vanguard
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