Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, has expressed the fear that there might be a nationwide blackout over the ongoing industrial action by the National Union of Electricity Employees.
This is as the House of Representatives says it will meet with heads of Ministries of Power, Labour and the National Pension Commission to intervene in the industrial action by the NUEE on Thursday. Okechukwu recalled that a petition was written by NUEE to electricity distribution and generating companies, warning of a nationwide strike if their demands were not met.
The lawmaker said NUEE accused the ministry of power of failing to respond to their strike notification letter which expired on December 10.
Which country is this?
oluwaloninyo We are not afraid, it's not the first time...in fact we are always expecting such, is like a gift to Nigerians
Nigeris is always like that,
Nonsense. Na today?
Every Christmas no light
This is the only country were people pay for blackout. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We have been in darkness in this part of the world and by the way can you please tell us how much is being spent on electricity alone since we started the democracy the truth here is that people take the masses of this country for granted eg$16b gone,no lights no money shame...
This is not real bcz we dnt celebrate light before, despite celebrate darckness
That is ur wish so shall it be for u .
Old story we are always Celebrating everyday in total blackout.
It's not a new thing again to us
You are free to follow projecttourismN something big is coming up soon
Makes no difference
Tell me something...
No be today e start
It's already telling on us. I have become paralysed, cant work again. Please help us oh!
It's not a strange thing, blackout is so much becoming a way of life for us. Tho, it's manmade wonder4ulworld
This is no news. I have gone to buy fuel for generator. Na threat abi na wetin
Nor be new thing.......can't remember when last I spent any festive season with Power....
Is this a news? We have always celebrated New Year in blackouts now.
We are used to it🙄
This is no news we know how much an average Nigerian has spent on purchasing gen set , maintaining same and fueling same in the past 5 years!!!!
Like seriously 🙆♂️ O ma shey o 🤦♂️
That's definitely not news. What should make news is that we shall celebrate the New Year with electricity
That possibility exists every year
MOkwocheTVC When we all knows how we generate our power, nobody can come and spoil my New year for me. Vision2020 still on plan.
Na today? E don tey!
We need to sue their ass please 🤦♂️
We have been in black out since 2015
Carry ur frustration keep one side, publish better news We de get light b4
Seriously thought they were working efficiently with the black out ? I mean that's what we do naija style opposite things , so no surprises here
No be today Its no breaking news.
Ndi Ara, as if light dey before
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No surprises here really . Na Gen and fuel go suffer am. Nonsense
Smh
I gave them a go ahead... it's an improvement in our power sector... celebrating the new year in a total black out....
How is something that is not new a news?
Thank God for solar energy. They would have had all the laughter
😳😳😳😳😳
Realdaggy21 Muslims don’t want us to celebrate our Christmas in peace. Well planned actions.
😂😂😂😂
Because you lots can't pay the amount that's a peanut to what you can't do w/o collecting
Point of correction... Nigerians live everyday in darkness
We have always been celebrating things in blackout since 1900 it's not a new thing. Next topic please
Nigeria my country. weareusetoit
We are use to it, ejo e so nkan mi
Ha! na today? is not a new thing again...dem mama
bank__y Lool...I like how we’re acting like this is a big deal.. Almost as if more than 50% of Nigerians don’t celebrate New Years every year without light...Blackout and most people won’t notice because that’s their normal.
na today 😼
Happy blackout. After all we are still waiting for the change but next level preventing the change. Ok
It's not a big deal. Besides, we have always been in blackout since the beginning of year.
It has started already punch mobile, they’ve gone on strike and that empty headed leader is bothered about them calling him who he truly is.
chuckD_charles Dear former minster of DARKNESS this must be FAKE NEWS tundefashola...
Lmao 😂 na today yansh Dey back? We dey always celebrate things for dis country in blackout
The annoying part is that NERCNG IkejaElectric will bring useless outrageous Bill's. My bills r 3 times higher now than in the raining season. Imagine the mindless extortion!.
We are used to seeing Electric Pole, May Be they want to remove all the poles and sell it to other countries and add to their allowance, But they can go ahead. Thank God for Moon, Generator and disco light.
Is not a new thing.....go park well nonsense koromiwe
We have never did in Whites In
One chance.
I. Go n a be taking my cloths to work to iron
New year hasn't reach yet
Make we just Dey careful with petrol so many Nigerians done die bcos of NO light na the curse Nigerians done they curse Nepa for donkey years they effect them so
Idoit.dont we have dam in The zoo country anymore?
I no blame them for they're not losing much their estimated bills is still there for them when ever the strike is called off
They just want to type on twitter... at least it's a development.
As if we have light before!! 🙄
Soon they'll increase fuel price
Nigeria never electricity and will never have electricity.
Nigerians are conditioned to tolerate poverty and hardship. People have no common voice to change their lives for the better. I'm shocked.
Cheers
Nothing new there really is there? 🤔
Is not a new thing jooo....
It has started!!
No shit
It has started already
No be new thing to me ooo
They wouldn't care since they 'aren't' Nigerians tho
The start of a new decade no change we are in reverse. all the promises at the start of the almost ending decade wasted. decimated
Nigeria House of Rep needs Surgery What is their function if a whole heart of Africa can't have light for unjustified reasons, and they received Allowances.
Ok ,so should we go and fry beans ?
Before nko was there light? No b Gen. We dey use blockheadsingovenment
We're already experiencing the blackout. Don't bother to remind us.
It's not new.
Dose it matter, it's usual
Nigeria has ALWAYS celebrated Christmas in DARKNESS.
This country eh
Pls who will buy this shit country
..you dont need to remind us. We are used to it. Thank you.
kelvinmemo We’ve always been celebrating new year in blackout.. what a shame
The most painful part is, they will still be bringing bills for those people using postpay meter. It is well. Make petro just dey available for this period, because this is the period we will be hearing scarcity of petro . God dey
Na today? He don tey wey yansh dey for back.
How can a whole country go on a total blackout in 2019!!! This is pathetic 🤦♂️
Every Christmas and New year, there must be a gift from the government of this nation. Why are this people so wicked like this ah! It's not good o ahba
Na today?🇳🇬
Sheby atiku still dey import better generators? NEPA ma foot!
We go eat kano rice
Old news
Inside life!!!!
There was a country...
Any difference?
The MBuhari Disastrous government! Only wants to destroy and take lives!
Punch only 15m ppl that voted PMB can decide to call him and be addressed as General, but not u. Is volume🔊 low?
Your family will
Meaning there is no hope of resolving the issue soon as expected
Is this suppose to be news or is this a joke? What are our generators for? Na we be our own NEPA, we provide our water ( water board ), we repair our roads ( Julius Berger ) etc. So what's news about this news sef? Tueeeh
We are already in blackout na
Who dem epp
It's not news Punch announce real news please 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂Blackout we are use to it
No be new thing
This country doe! 🤕🤒
Mitcheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew.......Na today Next story please....
That headline is wrong. We have been celebrating our everyday life without light so what's d big deal. If dey like, they go on strike for 20yrs.
Well, I don't have problem with that since orji and Co are celebrating theirs in prison... No P. 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Now today...
How have we been celebrating it before? That's no news guys. We are unfortunately getting used to it.
Nigeria cannot resolve issues that has lasted for over 100years of existence? please,am not laying or shifting blames but encouraging the law enforcement agency in charge of electricity to wake up and check all the disco's in Nigeria.
It's not a new thing. Blackout has always been a welcome development.
🤣🤣🤣'May Celebrate'? Are you F****cking kidding me...For God sake the country is almost always in perpetual darkness😁😁😁
Is that news?
ameeen__Ali , these people now don't fear to lie to us no more😅. They can win any election without people voting na why.
Is that one news? How many Xmas man don do without light? A beg, park somewhere!
Telling people the problems they elected u to solve instead of solving them. All this na certificate via affidavit. We're watching 😨
No light in Festac for 2 weeks Now.
What a country 🙁
Something new pls.Nonsense
Suffering and smiling 😂😂😂😂
It every year something na
It doesn't affect NASS members, ministers, permanent secretaries and Buhari's aso rock residents. They all have generators provided and fueled by Nigerians. All these talk is just going through the motion, they don't care.
oluwaloninyo I am not understanding, has there been light?
That's nonsense. Why?
I don't understand. That's like telling someone in hell fire, that you would deal with him by burning him to ashes.
We'll use fireworks to light up everywhere🤫
FestmanIdiahi We are looking for trouble and the trouble is here already
did we celebrate lite in nigerian b4, it has always be dark, maybe you want to introduce darkblue lite.
Light been kuku dey b4? As fuel scarcity no dey,light must go. Something must always be wrong
Na today ?
Na wa oh
We r used to blackout. Nothing new.
Christians must celebrate this Xmas whether you guys like it or not.... Nigerians don enter one chance not nextlevel.
My area AwoboluIkorodu has been in blackout since 26th Oct, 19, anyway. Courtesy of IkejaElectric. We r only surviving on hope everyday.
Is it a new thing? But it's very unfortunate that the only thing that can come from our Reps is negative news.
Nigerians are always in blackout. What is new?
This is not a news as for me.
Its OK..good radiance to bad rubbish..it as never been more than 4 hour low current a day.. they should also find time to come and pack their electric poles and cables
We no go still die
It has never been celebrated in light in before.the same old stories
Since there is no fuel scarcity, something must happen. Lol
We've being warning that d central grid under so many scenarios can't support essential (basic) services. Hong Kong protested 4 over 5 months, power supply wasn't interrupted. SolarCentricTec wld ensure you didn't celebrate in darkness. Nairametrics NGElectricHub MAN_NGR
Is it today we have been experiencing this? So its not new...
Generator have been serving them for long time
Na today
MBuhari won't allow this, thank God it ain't about petrol👌
😄😄😄😄😄.... Since when
What's the news here🤷♀️
We are used to it.
When they are not strike do we have light yeye people
is this news? does this means we have been having electricity for ages?
Oh u think it will surprise us, we're used to it jare E for be truout Jan sef
Is not new to us we have been in this for years so it not new accurance to be publicly to the public
Let's mobilize to Egypt to drive the Major General Buhari back home 😟
Isn’t this normal? Putting out a statement like blackout in Nigeria in strange... next pls!!!
Even on independent day gan self it's in darkness, what do we enjoy as Nigerians?!
Like there was light b4
Na today shame on y'all
Who cares? Jus let's be
As usual!
We are used to it... Wait oh, light dey before?
As if we had light last year..
No be today that why we all hav generators
So this is what the people in the house of rep can inform us. Nawah ooo
Good news all the time from this government. We are in on a very long thing........
Is not new
Nigerians are calling on the Government to retrieve the whole of electricity companies.
But I'm very sure these scumbags representing us will have uninterrupted power supply all through this period....
Did we have light last year smh
God why?look at how people are use to darkness saying its normal ,even celebrating the new year without electricity?dammmm shame
Shame
R u cursing us or wah?😒
That is not new in Nigeria
Lol... E no new to me o... I can't remember when last i slept with electricity on the 31st of December into 1st of January and October 1 too.. Kò kan 'yé meeeehn!
So what's new?
Iyalaya won loma celebrate new year in blackout. As long as God is still on His throne, i am a shining star, na dem get problem. Awon werey
This Headline here, is exactly how 99% political leaders in Nigeria think or behave. They're meant to identify problems and provide solutions BUT are instead, complaining and tell the masses about the problems we expect them to resolve.
africaupdates stop telling us what we know...
Not new
That's the level of incompetency this govt can offer is people!..
We are use to it.
Normal levels
cant they wait till after new year?
O ti mora
Nah today...
Thanks for your info it's been happening to most citizens for years. What's the difference this Xmas?
Even some part of Nigeria didn't have light....This is not a new story
Agent of doom! Celebrate d fact that we are celebrating December without fuel queue first before wishing us doom that will never come.
Nigeria is a Hobbesian jungle, no thanks to that cattle herder military dictator.
When have we ever celebrated new year with light out? Common ordinary day we no get light...... Oga lawmaker Nigerians are used to it
Tell us new thing i beg. Darkness no be new thing again
What's new
That's not new.
The most active person in this country is Buhari's presidential pilot...
We are use to it.....but our I better pass my neighbour will rescue us.
Normal level same old shit just a diff day
It's not new! They are use to it
Too bad oooo Not our prayer at all 😒
It Has Never Been Celebrated In LightOut For Once.
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