• NUEE calls for a total reversal of Nigeria’s power sector privatisation.
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has called for a total reversal of the privatisation of Nigeria’s power sector. Mr Modupeoluwa Akinola, the Assistant General Secretary of the union in the Western zone, said the union was convinced that the country was not ready for the privatisation of the sector.
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ibadan, he said that the union was also opposed to the planned privatisation of the Transmission Company of Nigeria. According to him, the NUEE is demanding full renationalisation of the power sector under the democratic control of a board that includes representatives of workers and consumers.
“Our understanding and conviction informed our opposition to the privatisation policy that privatisation will always seek to protect and defend the profit interest of the business owners against the general interest of the people for affordable and regular electricity.”