Ngige calls an emergency meeting and invites electrical workers during a blackout.

 The National Union of Electricity Employees, which has shut down services nationally, has been called to an emergency meeting by Chris Ngige, minister of labor and employment. In accordance with the union's national leadership direction, the workers began industrial action on Wednesday and withdrew their services from the Transmission Company of Nigeria's Kaduna Regional Headquarters. But on Wednesday afternoon, the minister extended an invitation to the union to attend a meeting intended to address their complaints. A source told our correspondent in confidence that the meeting would take place by Wednesday at 4 o'clock. "The power employees, who have shut down their services nationally, have been asked by the minister of labor, Dr. Chris Ngige, to an urgent meeting in Abuja. The meeting is scheduled for today at 4 p.m., the insider told our correspondent.

The Head of Service is the target of the protesting employees' complaints, not the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, who was previously quoted by The reports. However, Aliyu reassured Nigerians that the government had "all the elements" to quickly address the supply issue. Following an order from the union's national leadership, the NUEE withdrew its services from the Transmission Company of Nigeria's Kaduna Regional Headquarters on Wednesday morning. The Mando TCN Station in the capital city of Kaduna state was surrounded by NUEE officials, who shut down all activities and ordered employees to leave the company's property before sealing the gate. They are protesting the nonpayment of outstanding debts owed to former employees of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, which is no longer in business, the suspension of worker employment terms and conditions, as well as the TCN board's decision to conduct interviews for promotions for acting principal managers who are becoming assistant general managers.

According to the workers, TCN Kaduna, which manages operations in Kaduna, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara, won't start up again until the Federal Government complies with all of their requests. The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company announced a stoppage of operations as a result of the disagreements between the National Union of Electricity Employees and the Transmission Company of Nigeria, according to The report on Wednesday. "The majority of the stations in our network have been shut down as a result of the NUEE's continued statewide picketing of Transmission Stations, which is causing a disruption in the supply of electricity. Please be patient with us as we wait for an agreeable settlement from the concerned parties, Ikeja Electric stated in a message posted on its Twitter account.

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