PHCN workers across the country, who have been at loggerheads with the
Barth Nnaji, have made it quite clear that they will not miss the former
Minister of Power.
During the PHCN strike, some PHCN employees
in Lagos claimed that the erstwhile minister was afraid to come to Lagos
for fear of being mobbed by them. Nationally, the workers were
constantly battling with Nnaji due to the minister’s refusal to pay them
the severance benefits they sought.
Reacting to Nnaji’s
termination the General Secretary of the Senior Staff Association of
Electricity and Allied Companies (SSSAEA), Abiodun Ogunsegha, said all
the PHCN workers across the country were thanking God.
“God has
eventually answered our prayers and made the government to listen to us.
It is obvious that the government has noted his several misdeeds. We
are all very happy. In fact, we thank God for answering our prayers. We
hope the government will appoint a right person that will carry all
stakeholders along, especially the union to give Nigeria a stable power
supply,” Ogunsegha said.
Speaking in reaction to the battle waged
against him by the ‘powers that be’, Nnaji said he knew it was only a
matter of time before the fight would cause him to be a casualty.
“The
Federal Ministry of Power has always known that the beneficiaries of
the old and decadent order in the electric power sector would not accept
the new, far-reaching changes in the power sector without a fight.
“With
power supply at an all-time high across the nation in the last few
weeks and with the privatisation of PHCN assets at an advanced stage to
the delight of the Nigerian people, those who have been feeding fat on
the misery of our citizens have been fighting back with unimaginable
ferocity.”
He also blamed the mass media for the development
saying “they have not left anything to chance in the determination to
scuttle the electric power reform, including spirited attempts to
recruit some members of the mass media.”
culled from business day online
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