Electricity workers shut Kano distribution company over pension remittance
Electricity workers on Monday shut down the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) over alleged failure to remit their pension deductions in the last 72 months.
The workers, under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), vowed to keep the company shut until the remittances were confirmed paid.
Ado Ririwai, the North-West chairman of the union, told journalists that the workers would not allow such unwholesome attitude to continue.
Mr Riruwai accused KEDCO of victimising union leaders trying to speak on behalf of the workers.
“This act is imperialist; it is the rights of workers to fight for what is theirs,” he said.
The union leader also accused the company of refusing to provide basic medical care to the workers “in spite of the hazards associated with their jobs”.
Efforts to get the management’s reaction proved abortive as all workers, including management staff, were forced out of the premises of the firm’s headquarters.
(NAN)
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