Nigerian electricity workers under the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have shelved their nationwide strike.
Naijaonpoint understands the strike was suspended on Thursday following the intervention of the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, who promised to look into the grievances raised by the workers.
The suspension of the strike was conveyed in a Memorandum of Understanding between NUEE, the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC), the Management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), and the Ministry of Power.
Earlier, (NUEE) had announced the commencement of an indefinite strike on Wednesday over unresolved welfare demands, including the non-implementation of the national minimum wage and alleged casualisation of workers.
However, at a meeting with Adelabu, who was represented by the Director of Distribution Services and the Director of Planning, Research and Statistics of the Federal Ministry of Power, the stakeholders agreed to suspend the strike.
The MoU stated that TCN and the Nigeria Integrated System Operator shall meet to evaluate the financial implications of the report and prepare an implementation plan to be discussed with the unions.
It was also agreed that no worker would be victimized for participating in the strike.
“The unions honour the minister’s request to look at the committee’s report by the 6th/7th October 2025 for consideration of the implementation from the month of October 2025.
“The two organisations (TCN & NISO) shall meet to evaluate the financial implication of the report and prepare an implementation plan to be discussed with the honourable minister and the unions.
“The two in-house unions will reconvene in another meeting with the management of TCN and NISO to resolve other issues accordingly;
“NERC [is] to expedite actions on the review of the tariffs of TCN and NISO to enable implementation of the report.
“No employee will be victimised on account of participation in the industrial action.
“Based on the above, the Union agreed to suspend their action to allow these resolutions to be activated,” the MoU signed by NUEE, SSAEAC, the Managing Director of TCN/NISO, and the Ministry of Power and Labour stated.
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