NLC, ex-PHCN workers protest unlawful sack in Ibadan

Activities were disrupted yesterday at the headquarters of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) as members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Nigeria Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) and the Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) barricaded the entrance of the office.

The workers, who stormed the place around 7:15am, prevented many of the company’s staff from entering the premises. They said they were protesting sundry issues that started from the privatisation of PHCN.

Power sector: Ibadan, Jos to sack 1,580 workers

The private investors in power sector are considering sacking most of the workers they inherited from the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria. Revelations emerged on Thursday that about 1,580 workers of the Jos Electricity Distribution Company and Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company were likely to lose their jobs due to financial challenges.

AURA Nigeria Limited is in charge of Jos Disco power distributions, while the Ibadan Disco is being managed by Integrated Energy Distribution and Management Company, which also owns the Yola Electricity Distribution Company. The point here is that Jos Disco was planning to sack 1,000 of its workers, while the Ibadan Disco had pencilled down 580 names for disengagement.