Labour unions in the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have cautioned the Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, on pronouncements with regard to payment of severance package to electricity workers in the country following the unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).
The unions observed consistent publicity of the payment by government through the minister and advised government to cease further public comment on the issue as similar event in the past has put the workers in danger.
Chairman, Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) Eko Electricity Distribution Company chapter, Mr Segun Afolorunso, who raised the security concern at a parley with the power minister in Lagos said there had been instances where PHCN workers were waylaid by robbers while others received kidnap threat over similar payments.
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