SAN FRANCISCO, December 11, (THEWILL) – The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Labour and Employment and the Minister of Power to appear before it on Thursday, December 12, 2019 to brief the House on the planned strike by electricity workers in the country.
The House expressed displeasure that the 21-day ultimatum issued by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) was allowed to elapse without any effort to nip the planned strike in the bud.
The summon arose as a result of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Hon. Toby Okechukwu (PDP, Enugu) on the need for the House to intervene and ensure that the strike is not allowed to take place.
Okechukwu said that if the strike is allowed to take place, it is capable of creating untold economic hardship in the country as several business outfits, especially the small scale businesses will suffer.
He said if the strike is allowed to take place, the consequence will be more than what the workers are being owed, stressing the fact that the House has already resolved to come down hard in issues of casualisation.
Speaker of the House, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila then directed the Clerk of the House to write and invite the two Ministers of Power and Labour, as well as the Director-General of the National Pension Commission, the Union leadership and other stakeholders to a meeting with the House leadership by 2.00PM on Thursday.
