• Employees claim the Ministry of Energy and Oil failed to meet their demands over the new salary structure.
Employees working in Sudan’s electricity sector have commenced a two-day strike across several states after the Ministry of Energy and Oil failed to meet their demands for implementing the 2022 new salary structure.
The states affected by the strikes include Khartoum, Red Sea, North Kordofan, South Kordofan and Northern State. In a statement that followed the encounter, the Committee for the Electricity Workers Salary Structure said the minister eventually agreed to look at their demands and submit them to the appropriate authorities but did not guarantee their implementation.
The statement also described the minister’s words and efforts as “procrastination” and “without intent” to fulfil any of their demands. “The formation of any other committee by the ministry filled by people from outside the sector will be refused,” the statement added.