From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja
Most parts of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were thrown into peach darkness following the industrial action embarked upon by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE).
In a statement, the General Manager, Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Bode Fadipe, said that power supply to some of these areas of operation, especially those on the 11kV network would be affected.
“We would like to assure all our customers that all hands are on deck to resolve the issues that prompted this action. “We would also like to apologise to our customers for the inconvenience and disruption” he said.
Recently, workers in the nation’s power sector, under the auspices of NUEE, served the Federal Government a notice of industrial unrest over planned sale of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN).
Meanwhile, Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC) had earlier rejected plans to sell the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to private investors. NLC, through its President, Ayuba Wabba, had called on the National Assembly and other well-meaning Nigerians to join forces with labour to stop any attempt to sell TCN to private individuals to the detriment of the Nigerians. NUEE, in a statement by its General Secretary, Joe Ajaero, argued that “leaving the nation’s full power architecture in the hands of private business owners, who lack the expertise to own and run critical economic assets, poses serious security risk to the nation, as we will be driven by the whims and caprices of the ‘harvestors’, he said.
