The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) has threatened to embark on a fresh strike. The General Secretary, Abubakar Dubagari, issued the threat in a statement on Friday. This followed the letter sacking its President, Chris Okonkwo. The Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Umar Mohammed, had on April 24 issued
The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies has threatened to embark on a fresh strike.This followed the letter sacking its President, Chris Okonkwo.
The Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria , Umar Mohammed, had on April 24 issued the letter dismissing Okonkwo.The letter reads: “After servicing TCN for a period of about six years, please be informed that your political posting had lapsed by June 11, 2018 and you should have ceased from coming to work from June 12, 2018. Consequently, you are to stop coming to work with immediate effect.
“His appointment, like any other employee of TCN, was anchored on the public service rules of 60 years of age or 35 years of service and does not carry tenure. His service with TCN cannot be said to have lapsed since June 11, 2018,” Dubagari said. The scribe recalled that the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Federal Ministry of Power, Trade Unions Congress of and other bodies intervened.He appealed for caution, adding that the union was keen on harmonious working relationship with the government.
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