When the federal government intervened in their dispute with the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) called a halt to their strike in Abuja.
The strike was called off after a meeting between NUEE and government officials, which was documented in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by both parties.
The union began industrial action on Monday morning, shutting down the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company’s operations (AEDC).
The union claimed that the corporation had failed to pay its members’ pension contributions for the past 20 months.
According to the Transmission Company of Nigeria, the removal of large power from electricity substations was affected on Monday when the AEDC workers’ union shut down the company’s operations.
The strike caused power disruptions across AEDC franchised regions such as Kogi, Nassarawa, Abuja, and parts of Edo, Niger, and Kaduna.
NUEE and the federal government reached an accord at a meeting later Monday.
The meeting was facilitated by Goddy Agba, Minister of State for Power.
“It was decided as follows at the end of an extensive discussion between the leadership of NUEE and key government institutions in the power sector about the unresolved disagreement with AEDC management over unpaid entitlements that affected the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) franchise region” “In light of the foregoing, the strike is called off.” “The government interfered with the solid agreement to pay AEDC workers’ unpaid entitlements within 21 days of the MoU’s signature.”
The paper was signed by the Minister of State for Power, Goddy Jeddy Agba, the Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), and Alex Okoh, the Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises.