[size=13pt]PHCN Strike: Military Engineers to Take over Power Plants[/size]


Federal Government has directed military engineers to be on standby to operate the nation's power plants if electricity workers fail to call off their strike today, THISDAY was told last night.
Social and economic activities were paralysed following an industrial action by electricity workers, under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) and the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Compa-nies (SSAEAC), over non-payment of monetisation arrears by the Federal Government.


A meeting between the workers and the Minister of State for Power, Mr. Nuhu Wya, as well as the Minister of Labour, Mr. Chukwuemeka Wogu, held at the Secretariat of NUEE in Yaba, Lagos last night, to resolve the crisis, could not be concluded at the time of this report but it was expected that the workers would call off the action at the end of the negotiations.


But THISDAY learnt that government views the strike as “economic sabotage” and blackmail, coming two days to the launch of the Electricity Road Map – the comprehensive power policy of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
The military engineers are expected to man and operate the installations pending the resolution of the crisis, to avoid the blackout being prolonged.

hadji127:

Why this kinda of poo happening to us as a nation. Most precisely the Giant of AFRICA.
What change can the military render?
I WISH AM NOT a nigeria. Meanwhile, God bless naija

al-qaeda:

thats the only language we understand. THE RULE OF FORCE. WE ONLY UNDERSTAND WHEN WE HAVE RECEIVED OUR BEATING. WE SHALL FOREVER REMAIN THIS WAY. UNIONS ARE NEVER PARTNERS IN PROGRESS. ASK BRITISH AIRWAYS.

jamace:

The military remains the last resort for the existence of Nigeria. It is therefore very crucial that the government attend to their needs.

Read here:

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/08/26/the-armed-forces-tacos-pencom-and-the-rumbling-threat/

andyanders:

NEPA OR NO NEPA, OR WHATEVER THEY CALL THEM SHOULD BE BANNED. LET THEM GO FROM THEIR STRICK. WHAT DO THEY WANT? ONE DAY, THEY WILL END LIKE NITEL. MOST OF THE NITEL GUYS ARE NOW LIKE RAG.THEY WERE SO WICKED THAT THEY LOOK AT YOU AS NOBODY, BUT TODAY, THEY BEGG FOR FOOD. PHCN STAFF JUST LIKE NITEL WILL ONE DAY FALL INTO SAME LEVEL. THEY DONT GIVE YOU LIGHT BUT THEY CARRY LADDER FOR DISCONNECTION. SOMETIME, THEY GIVE BILL FOR WHAT YOU DONT USE. IF YOU MAYBE PAID N2,000 LAST MONTH,, NEXT MONTH, THEY WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER BILL, MAYBE N70,000 AND IF YOU COMPLAIN, THEY WILL TELL YOU, JUST GO AND PAY, OR SOME OF THEIR STAFF, WILL COME BEHIND TO ASK YOU TO GIVE THEM HALF AND THEY WILL WIPE OFF THE OTHER. WHICH TRANSLATES THAT THEY DO THIS INTENTIONALLY. WE USE GENERATOR ALMOST ROUND THE YEAR, WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT PHCN OR NEPA LITE.IF WE GET AN ALTERNATIVE, TO HELL WITH THEM[i][/i]

googles:



up nepa !!!