NLC demands end to power privatisation
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has strongly criticised Nigeria’s electricity privatisation, describing the exercise as a “grand deception” and demanding an immediate reversal of the model. Speaking at this year’s National Union of Electricity Employees’ (NUEE) annual conference of women and youth in Abuja, the National President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero accused the […]
FG approves N13bn compensation, $34m transformer procurement to boost power supply
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved four major proposals from the Ministry of Power, in a fresh push to reform and strengthen Nigeria’s national electricity grid. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, who briefed journalists at the end of the meeting said the measures are designed to modernise ageing transmission infrastructure, enhance supply […]