Association Assures On Ex-PHCN Workers’ Payment

The Secretary Gen
eral, Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) Mr Abiodun Ogunsegha, has assured ex-PHCN workers of government’s commitment to pay all allowances due them.
Ogunsegha, gave the assurance in an interview with newsmen in Lagos.
He said that the association held frequent meetings with the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to resolve issues of ghost workers that delayed the payment of the entitlements.
The secretary-general said that the bureau would send the authentic names of the ex-PHCN workers to the office of Accountant General for payment.
According to him, funds had been provided for the payment of the affected workers through the office of Accountant General of the Federation.
Ogunsegha, assured that with the union working collectively with the agency, all ex-workers of PHCN would collect their entitlements.
On May 21, ex-workers of the defunct PHCN stormed the premises of BPE, and shut down business activities for several hours to protest non-payment of their severance package.
The protesting workers, led by the President of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, Mr Mansur Musa, besieged the agency chanting solidarity songs and displayed posters with various inscriptions.
The workers during the protest said that their unsettled terminal benefits had not been paid.
The benefits were severance payment, retirement gratuity, death benefits, and pension deduction among others.