Privatisation: NLC Calls For Reversal Of The Power Sector

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has said called for the reversal of power sector privatisation, stressing that since the privatisation of the power sector in Nigeria, no significant growth in any aspect of energy production and distribution.

Comrade Joe Ajaero, Acting President of NLC, made the call at his fraternal goodwill message to a stakeholder’s consultative meeting on alliance for green jobs under the auspices of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Federal Ministry of labour and employment, Abuja recently, said sustainable Green Jobs can only be created through the machinery of Just Transition.

“Since the privatization of the power sector, we have hardly had any major investment in green energy production which is critical to the creation of green jobs.

“This situation simply speaks volumes of what nature is trying to tell us through climate change.

He explained “Nature has been trying to tell us that personal appropriation of what nature freely provides for the collective would only lead to chaos.

“Today, our natural gas freely given to us by nature is dollarized and the costs are transferred to Nigerian electricity consumers by way of high tariffs. As if that is not enough, the private power distribution companies in pursuit of profit maximizationtion make life even more difficult for the ordinary worker and the poor masses of our country by refusing to supply pre-paid meters to bill based on actual electricity consumed. The result is general misery and tension. This is why NLC calls for the reversal of power sector privatisation.”