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Electricity Workers Shut Down Osogbo Control Centre Over Non-Payment Of Minimum Wage, Others

ByOlamilekan Adigun

PublishedSeptember 25, 2025

Members of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), Osun State chapter on Thursday, began an indefinite strike over the alleged refusal of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to pay them the new minimum wage.

The workers who shut down the TCN office at Powerline Area, Osogbo, also accused the management of not confirming the status of some casual staff who have been appointed for three years.

Speaking on behalf of the union members, the Chairman, Lagos Genco Transisco, Admin Council, Engr Tijani Okunloye, also accused the TCN of non-payment of salaries to some members for the past six months.

He said, “The directive of the National body was that we should withdraw our service from work until the management does what we are asking for. Part of the issue is the minimum wage. Our union has not included us in the new minimum wage despite several meetings.

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“There was a meeting yesterday between the National body of the union and the management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria. During the meeting, the Managing Director of TCN declined to act on the issue of minimum wage. We are the only federal workers who have not collected minimum wage.

“Another issue is the casualisation of workers. Some of our union members have been on casual for the past three years and they’ve not been confirmed as permanent staff. Some of the workers have not been given salaries for the past seven months.

“Also, we have no operational vehicles to move around to do our job. Some of our members ought to be in Ife this morning for work but there is no vehicle to convey them there.

“Also, the management has refused to provide safety wear for us. Also, they wanted to break TCN into two and they are doing all these without consulting the union. Also, our members who have retired are yet to get the money due to them.

“It is a total strike because we’ve earlier written to the management and gave them a seven-day ultimatum on these issues. The ultimatum lapsed on Monday, but because we had already scheduled a meeting with the management for yesterday, we waited for the outcome of the meeting.”

Olamilekan Adigun

Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.