- Affected workers protest in Uyo
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| National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) protesting |
Following the outright dismissal of employees and retrenchment/termination of appointment of indigenes of Akwa Ibom state working in the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution company– PHEDC, affected staff of the company, on Thursday 20th August 2015 took to the streets to protest against the act which they described as “Nepotism, Unethical and man’s inhumanity to man” that has embedded the company since it was changed from Power Holdings Company of Nigeria, PHCN. The protesting workers who matched in their numbers around Paul Bassey, one of the popular streets in Uyo, chanted war songs but were cordoned by a detached team of policemen and members of the Join Taskforce (ADUMA). The aggrieved workers also barricaded the entrance of the company’s office in Uyo barring other staffers from performing their official duties.
