Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in their hundreds, on Monday, stormed the office of the Kano Electricity Distribution Company and shut down its operations in grievance over the recent power tariff hike across the country.
The organized Labour also picketed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC , in Kano over the same matter. The NLC also turned back workers of KEDCO and NERC who came to work Monday morning. The aggrieved members of the NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, stood guard at the entrance of the KEDCO head office, chanting solidarity songs.
The NLC also shut down the headquarters of the Jos Electricity Distribution Company, JEDC, in Plateau State on Monday over the electricity tariff hike. The labour union blocked the main gate of the company, leaving the staff of the DisCo office, stranded outside the main building. Security operatives, including the Police, Department of State Services, DSS, and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, were seen around the entrance of the company.
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