September 05, (THEWILL) – Members of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), have joined the two-day warning strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
The NLC on Tuesday, commenced a two-day Sit-At-Home warning strike, in protest against the Federal Government’s failure to address the challenges caused by the removal of fuel subsidies. It accused the Federal Government of insincerity, lack of commitment to negotiations and failure to implement some of the resolutions from previous meetings with the government.
Speaking with newsmen in Osogbo, Osun State, the Vice President (West), NUEE, Comrade Sodiq Adewale, said members of his union, being an affiliate of NLC, complied with the directive to down tools.
“We are part of the strike and we are critical stakeholders as far as NLC is concerned.
“Presently, in compliance with the NLC directive, we are mandated to embark on a warning strike which started today and will continue tomorrow. As you can see, the whole place is under lock. Nobody is coming in and as time goes on, we are going to be reviewing our activities at the level of our actions.
“So far from our end, we have total compliance. Nobody is saying there is going to be a disruption of power, but our men are out. We are not tampering with anything.
“Generally, look at the economy. We are talking about palliatives, it has to be fast. How long will it take the process to be implemented? They have to fast-track whatever processes they are working on to alleviate the suffering of the masses”, he said.
