National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has refuted
claims by the Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo that labour issues with the Power
Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN workers has been resolved.
The minister was quoted on a national television last week
that the Federal Government had resolved outstanding contentious issues with
the workers.
But the Lagos State Chairman of NUEE, Comrade Adeleke Ibrahim,
maintained that the core labour issues have not been settled, noting that the
minister had made similar pronouncements in March, 2013.
Ibrahim however, admitted that the Federal Government is
currently looking into the severance payment of PHCN workers before handing
over assets to investors.
It would be recalled that the Federal Government had disclosed
that it will hand over 15 of the successfully privatised successor companies
heaved off the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to their winning
investors by the end of July 2013.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for Power, Zainab Kuchi had
earlier hinted that all labour issues have been address adding that payment of
severance will commence at the end of June.
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