- Workers tackle National Assembly over the Electricity Bill 2022.
- Martins Uzoegwu laments not being informed about the amendment of the Bill.
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has criticised the National Assembly over the Electricity Bill 2022, which tends to monopolise the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity supply in the country.
Speaking against the backdrop of the state governors’ rejection of the Bill through the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), NUEE’s President, Martins Uzoegwu, said, “We are stakeholders in the sector; a major stakeholder. As workers in the industry, we were not informed or invited to the public hearing.
“We are clamouring for local government autonomy, legislative autonomy and judiciary autonomy. We are on the side of the governors on this one. We are on the same page with the governors because we know what happens in other climes across the globe. In some countries, it is purely commercial; people buy shares and get involved in the ownership structure. We are of the opinion that the Bill is dead on arrival,” he added.