- The fall-out from the strike
action embarked upon by electricity employees is still a trending topic -
Experts in the power sector say losses due to the industrial action could be
over N4billion - At least N1.9billion is lost on a normal daily basis when
power generation is at an average 3,850 megawatts (MW) The industrial action
undertaken by members of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on
Wednesday, December 11 cost Nigeria over N4 billion with nationwide outages, reports. NUEE, however, called off the strike on Thursday, December
12 after meeting with representatives of the federal government. At least
N1.9billion is lost on a normal daily basis when power generation is at an
average 3,850 megawatts (MW), the record of daily Energy Report by the Advisory
Power Team, Office of the Vice President for September 2019 indicates. However,
in the case of the recent strike, the national grid was said to have fallen
lower than 1,000MW and at some point, to a complete shutdown as the union
locked out electricity workers across major power generation stations,
transmission stations and the distribution stations nationwide. Experts in the
power sector said the losses were unquantifiable but could be over N4billion
just for the electricity industry alone. NUEE said it protested the non-payment
of salaries, pensions and other entitlements across the privatised power firms.
The union had earlier given a 21-day notice in a letter written to the minister
of power, Engr. Sale Mamman to intervene in the issue.
- The fall-out from the strike
action embarked upon by electricity employees is still a trending topic -
Experts in the power sector say losses due to the industrial action could be
over N4billion - At least N1.9billion is lost on a normal daily basis when
power generation is at an average 3,850 megawatts (MW) The industrial action
undertaken by members of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on
Wednesday, December 11 cost Nigeria over N4 billion with nationwide outages, reports. NUEE, however, called off the strike on Thursday, December
12 after meeting with representatives of the federal government. At least
N1.9billion is lost on a normal daily basis when power generation is at an
average 3,850 megawatts (MW), the record of daily Energy Report by the Advisory
Power Team, Office of the Vice President for September 2019 indicates. However,
in the case of the recent strike, the national grid was said to have fallen
lower than 1,000MW and at some point, to a complete shutdown as the union
locked out electricity workers across major power generation stations,
transmission stations and the distribution stations nationwide. Experts in the
power sector said the losses were unquantifiable but could be over N4billion
just for the electricity industry alone. NUEE said it protested the non-payment
of salaries, pensions and other entitlements across the privatised power firms.
The union had earlier given a 21-day notice in a letter written to the minister
of power, Engr. Sale Mamman to intervene in the issue. 
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