PHCN resettlement committee commends level of workers’ cooperation.

[FMINigeria]

The Implementation Committee for the settlement of entitlements of workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has commended the high level of cooperation of the workers, as the last few steps towards the payment of their benefits are being undertaken.

The Committee which is headed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Power, Ambassador Dr. Godknows Igali has validated and cleared more than 43,400 (forty three thousand) workers, in readiness for payment of their benefits.  This equates to nearly 93 percent of the workforce in the electricity sector.

The Committee says it is still working on the records of the remaining staff to clarify various issues arising from their records.

Personnel whose records have passed the biometrics test have also been issued benefit statements showing their expected terminal benefits.  They are to make necessary corrections and return the statements to the committee within one week.

Furthermore, in order to enable the workers to understand the process of computation better, committee members have been on a sensitization tour in the different geographical zones.

Members say the sensitization tour has been useful, producing perfect feedbacks, as well as a high degree of accuracy and acceptability wherever they have gone to.

On receipt of the signed-off papers from workers across the country, the Committee is to begin warehousing the documents, and subsequent process of forwarding same to the Accountant-General of the Federation for payment.

The Committee for the settlement of the benefits of PHCN workers was set up by the Federal Government, and its membership includes representatives of the unions in the electricity industry, as well as Federal Government representatives, prominent among them, the Minister of Labour, the Accountant-General and Auditor-General of the Federation.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Power, Ambassador (Dr.) Godknows Igali is the Chairman of the Committee.

The Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo had recently said that plans were on to pay the electricity workers' entitlements beginning June 17, subject to completion of all necessary documentation, as well as receipt of benefit statements from the workers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Federal Ministry of Information (FMI) Nigeria

[Folami David]

PHCN is not really trying in Lagos State so far. They've been very poor of late. It's very terrible and bad of them.