The National Union of Electricity Employees on Friday introduced a new twist to its face-off with the Federal Government.
It asked the Presidency to direct the Minister of
Power, Barth Nnaji, to withdraw a circular sent to the Power Holding
Company of Nigeria to commence 7.5 per cent pension deductions.
In a statement obtained by one of our correspondents
in Abuja, NUEE counsel, Mr. Bamidele Aturu, called on the government to
intervene in the matter in the interest of peace.
Aturu said it had become necessary to “clarify
certain misconceptions and misleading positions by those who clearly
have selfish motives to advance in respect of the so-called power sector
reform.”
He said, “One grey issue which has bogged down
negotiations between management and the unions is the unilateral
directive issued to the PHCN and by implication to the distribution
companies by the Minister of Power, to commence the 7.5 per cent pension
deductions the employer and the salaries of employees of PHCN in July
2012 in spite of or outside the existing Contributory Pension Scheme
contained in the Conditions of Service of the workers and in the
Superannuation Fund.
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