Rivers, Bayelsa and two other states under the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution (PHED) may be plunged into darkness following an alleged industrial dispute that came with the sacking of 60 workers of the electricity company.
Following a resolution by the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies Union, it insisted that that the retrenchment of the staffs was not in line with due process.
The other two reported states to be affected are Cross-River and Akwa Ibom.
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Also, Assistant General Secretary of the association, Innocent Douglas, while speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday, January 7, said that the sacking affected workers in the four states.
“It is injurious to labour. We don’t accept what is happening. This is mass sacking; sacking of over 60 persons at a time. Mass sacking is against the labour movement,” he said.
He noted that the association had demanded that the company reverse its decision or face an industrial action.
