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Power Minister, NERC Intervene As AEDC Workers Shelve Strike

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The federal ministry of power, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and other top government agencies in the electricity supply industry The federal ministry of power, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and other top government agencies in the electricity supply industry yesterday intervened in the crisis rocking the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC).

TCN general manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, in a statement yesterday said, “Power evacuation from injection substations across AEDC franchise area has been disrupted following a shutdown of the AEDC facilities by its in-house workers’ union.“TCN regrets this disruption and assures Nigerians that normal bulk power delivery to AEDC will be restored as soon as the injection substations are opened for onward electricity supply to consumers.

It assured consumers of speedy resolution of the strike by its employees that led to the power disruption.“Following the industrial action embarked upon by the National Union of Electricity Employees , power supply to some of our areas of operation, especially those on the 11 Kilovolt network, were affected.“We assure our customers that all hands are on deck to resolve the issues that prompted this action,’’ Mr Oyebode Fadipe, AEDC’s General Manager, Corporate Communication, stated in Abuja.

The members of staff of the company commenced the industrial action across their franchise areas on Monday.

 

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