Due to the widespread termination of more than 900 employees, the Nigeria Labour Congress has closed Abuja Electricity Distribution’s offices in Abuja, Kogi, Nasarawa, and Niger.
As of Wednesday morning, it was noted that the Disco’s headquarters in Abuja, sections of the country’s capital, and other offices in Kogi, Minna, Niger, and Nasarawa States were secured with locks and keys.
This occurs one day after the NLC, under the leadership of Joe Ajaero, its president, picketed AEDC’s offices due to the contentious disengagement of about 900 employees.
According to Ajaero, the situation began approximately six months ago when AEDC management stated that only employees who had achieved retirement age or were about to retire would be impacted by the disengagement; in reality, the opposite was true.
On the basis of such understanding, the union intervened at that time. When employees approach retirement age, no responsible labor leader would be against their departure.
Most of the impacted individuals were not of retirement age. Some had only been in service for five or six years. Many had, in reality, only been employed for two or three years. That’s the pinnacle of dishonesty,” he said.
In three states and Abuja, darkness lurks.
AEDC management was given a 48-hour deadline by NLC on Tuesday to rectify the issue or risk increased industrial action that may severely disrupt the Federal Capital Territory’s and three other states’ electricity supplies.
“We cannot guarantee a power supply if nothing is done within that time. He cautioned that the workers who maintain the system will remain at home, and that their absence will inevitably have an impact on the system.
