FG To Complete Payment Of Electricity Workers’ Entitlements By December

[Shola Sholaz]

Mr Beks Dagogo-Jack, the Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Power, on Wednesday said the Federal Government would complete the payment of all outstanding entitlements of PHCN workers by December.
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Dagogo-Jack, speaking at a Power Investors' Summit organised by the EnergyNet Ltd. in partnership with Nextier Capital in Lagos, said that all other labour issues would be addressed.
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"We have an agreement with the PHCN workers unions and we have almost completed the payment, but they will all be settled before Jan.1, 2014 deadline," he said.
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The taskforce chairman said that the Federal Government only presented certificates to the investors on Monday.
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According to him, the physical and structural aspect will be handed over before the end of 2013. Dagogo-Jack said the desire of the stakeholders was that between now and December there should be a transition period in the management of the industry.