Some disengaged workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Lagos and Edo on Monday staged protests over non-payment of their terminal benefits before handing over to the new investors.
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The President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday handed over the certificates and licence to buyers of successor companies of PHCN.
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The gesture signaled the government's disengagement from the management of the plants.
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The Federal Government would, however, continue to oversee the transmission network in the interim.
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All the PHCN offices in Lagos were under lock and key, while the workers, serving or retired, carried placards with various inscriptions demanding for payment of their benefits.
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Some of the inscriptions read: "Pay our money; we are ready to leave, "Over 50 per cent of workers' benefits are still outstanding" and "FG should pay us before handing over.
They should all go and sit down joor cos they are all worthless. They had the chance to prove themeselves but they didn't. I hope electricity would change as from now on!