BREAKING: TCN shuts down national grid over labour strike

TCN has shut down national grid over labour strike.

 

Newsonline Nigeria reports that electricity workers have shut down the national grid following the declaration of an indefinite strike by organized labour unions.

 

This Nigeria news platform understands that Ndidi Mbah, the spokesperson for Transmission Company of Nigeria made this known to newsmen on Tuesday.

 

 

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According to her, electricity workers, the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), followed directives of the Nigeria Labour Congress to withdraw their services around 11:20 am on Monday, leading to a nationwide blackout.

 

“Electricity workers are NLC members; they’ve followed the directive by organized labour to withdraw their services from Tuesday”, she stated.

 

Newsonline Nigeria also gathered that the Federal Capital Territory and its environs are experiencing a blackout.

 

Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress announced a nationwide indefinite strike starting Tuesday despite a court order restraining the unions from doing so.

 

Reacting to the development, the Presidency, in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, said strike action by unions was a flagrant disobedience to court order and a lack of respect for the judiciary.

 

Accordingly, the government expressed displeasure that the nation’s economy and social activities should not suffer because of the personal interest of any labour leader.

 

Meanwhile, Newsonline Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) commenced a nationwide strike in Nigeria today to protest the battering of the NLC President and others in Owerri, Imo State on November 1, as well as the pending labour issues in Imo State, southeast Nigeria.