The suspension of the five-day strike followed the intervention of Governor Uba Sani, who held a meeting with the management of Kaduna Electric and the Labour Union at the Kaduna State Government House on Friday night.
Addressing the meeting, Governor Sani expressed concern over the prolonged power outage caused by the strike, which he noted has affected many residents and businesses across Kaduna state.
The Governor, however, appealed to the warring parties to reconsider their decision.
At the end of the meeting, the electricity workers agreed to restore power supply to Kaduna and all the franchise states under Kaduna Electric with immediate effect.
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The meeting also resolved that both the management and the Labour Union meet together and take a decision on the planned downsizing of the workforce, while the management will also halt its earlier decision to sack workers.
The National Union of Electricity Employees had on Monday, February 3rd, embarked on an indefinite strike over an alleged plan by the management to dismiss 900 staff of the distribution company
However, in a statement on Tuesday, January 4th, the company explained that contrary to claims by the union, only 450 workers were disengaged from service.
According to the statement signed by the spokesman of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, Abdulaziz Abdullahi, the decision to sack some workers was driven by significant operational and financial challenges that had hindered the company’s ability to meet its market and operational obligations.