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Electricity workers suspend strike after late-night talks with Power Ministry and TCN
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MoU signed to address financial implications, tariff review, and workers’ welfare
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No employee to be victimised for participating in the industrial action
Nigeria narrowly escaped a nationwide blackout on Thursday after electricity workers under the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) and the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) suspended their strike.
The decision followed an emergency meeting between the unions, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), the Nigeria Integrated System Operator (NISO), and the Federal Ministry of Power.
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by all parties, confirmed that the strike was put on hold to allow the resolutions reached to be implemented.
In the MoU, it was agreed that TCN and NISO would meet to evaluate the financial implications of a pending committee report and prepare an implementation plan to be discussed with the unions and the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu.
The unions accepted the minister’s request to consider the committee’s report on October 6 and 7, with a view to commencing implementation from October 2025.
Other resolutions include:
An agreement that NERC would expedite action on tariff reviews for TCN and NISO.
Assurance that no staff member would be victimised for participating in the strike.
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A commitment by both in-house unions to reconvene with TCN and NISO management to resolve outstanding issues.
Earlier reports had indicated that the strike notice, issued on Wednesday, threatened Nigeria’s fragile power supply, raising fears of a nationwide shutdown.
Reacting to public concern, the President of the Nigerian Consumer Protection Network, Kunle Olubiyo, clarified that the power outage in parts of Abuja and its environs was due to an operational fault by a distribution company, not a grid collapse.
