20 August 2012, Sweetcrude, ABUJA – NIGERIA’s Minister of Power, Barth Nnaji, said it is illegal for electricity workers to go on strike.
Embarking on a strike, the minister said on Saturday, will be unconstitutional and a violation of the laws of the land.
“They are not supposed to go on strike because electricity is an essential service and it is in the law as well and the Supreme Court has even ruled on it to further clarify that workers of the electricity sector are not supposed to go on strike,” he said, accusing the electricity workers of being selfish.
The labour unions however say the federal government has been inconsiderate in its approach to issues raised by the workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria.
