Again, Electricity Workers Threaten To Shut National Grid
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has again threatened to shut down the national grid if the federal government fails to honour its demands soon.
This was even as it maintained that the two weeks given to resolve the crisis had elapsed.
In a press conference in Kaduna on Friday, the zonal organising secretary, North-West of NUEE, Comrade Dukat Ayuba noted that while negotiation is still ongoing, the shutting down of the national grid still hangs.
Ayuba lamented that the so-called privatization of the sector was a scam because nine years after taken over by investors nothing has changed.
According to him, “That was why we kicked against privatizing the distribution sector because the investors don’t have the capacity and expertise. As committed Nigerians, we advised the government against it. But the government was hell-bent on doing so.
“The investors are still operating with obsolete equipment dating back to 35, 40, and 50 years. One will expect that with the coming of the investors they will replace these obsolete equipment but nothing has been done.”
According to the union leader, the nation still generates 5,000 megawatts of electricity, saying, “this is the same 5,000 megawatts we used to generate. So what is the benefit of privatization?
“We now generate megawatts with higher tariffs. Bringing hardships to the homes of millions of Nigerians. This will only happen in Nigeria, he stressed.
