President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over the strike by the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE).
Due to the strike by the NUEE, areas serviced by the AEDC, such as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kogi, Nasarawa and Niger States, were left without power for hours on Monday.
The NUEE commenced the industrial action over unpaid allowances, salaries and unremitted pension deductions.
Announcing the sack on Tuesday in a statement, the media aide to the Minister of State for Power, Ofem Uket, said Buhari approved a new interim governing board to oversee the day-to-day operations of the company.
The statement read, “The presidential directives as conveyed also directed the Bureau of Public Enterprises to set up a new management team of the AEDC.
“In a memorandum of understanding MOU, jointly signed by the minister of state power Goddy Jedy Agba, the chairman Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission NERC, Sanusi Garba, director-general, Bureau of Public Enterprises, Alex Okoli, comrade Joe Ajaero on behalf of the union, the federal government ordered the suspension of the strike [and asked to] given 21 days within which the outstanding emoluments and entitlements of staff will be paid.”
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