Electricity Workers Threaten Nationwide Blackout If Strike Doesn’t End In 7 Days

Labour activist and General Secretary,
National Union of Electricity
Employees, NUEE, Joe Ajaero has
given the Federal Government one
week to resolve its
differences with the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) or cripple
the country with the mother-of-all-
strikes.
Ajaero who was speaking during the
opening of a training workshop
organized for labour leaders in
Enugu, threatened to ally with other
unions across the country to join
ASUU on a solidarity stike if the
impasse persists.
Ajaero said government was being
insensitive to the plight of Nigerian
students because the children of the
rich are studying outside the country.
He said:
"If ASUU issue is not addressed, we
will shut this country alongside other
unions. We will ally with other unions
and make sure that nothing works in
this country.
This is not a strike based on demand,
it's based on agreement. As
government, you must honour your
agreement. Here, there's no social
security, the price
of food is high, the same goes for
electricity tariff . We are going to join
our children to stay at home and let
them run the system ," he threatened.