The Nigerian Labour Congress,
NLC, on Monday morning, shut down the Jos Electricity Distribution head office
for non compliance to the laid down Labour guidelines. National Vice President,
Comrade Musa Ayisa said the shut down of Jos Electricity Distribution (JED)
headquarters became necessary when the company refused to work according to the
Labour Law in the area of conditions of service.
“If the owners of this company
are not ready to comply with the NLC guidelines such as workers welfare and hazard
of the staff, we shall impose sanction on them. The National Vice President,
disclosed in Jos, while addressing workers during a protest of current low
voltage and indiscriminate increase of electricity billing system and poor remuneration
of the staff . Ayisa further explained that, “the disparity of salary payment
amongst workers of this organization has become a great concern, hence the need
for us to intervene because of their plight.
The NLC leadership is complaining
about the problem of poor distribution that has affected small scale businesses
and household consumption in the country. Also speaking, the Assistant National
Secretary General, NUEE, Comrade Sule Anthony John, said, the protest was to
appeal to the federal government to reverse the sale of PHCN to individuals who
are exploiting citizens of Nigeria.
However, the protesters were seen
carrying placards with inscriptions: “Privatization is evil reverse”, “NUEE say
no to sack of workers without salary”, “disparity of salary is evil”, “Workers
have families, dependants”, “JED are exploiting us”, among others. The Jos
Electricity Distribution Company distributes power to Plateau, Benue, Bauchi
and Gombe states.
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