The Ministry of Power said on Tuesday that PHCN workers, who failed to resume at their places of redeployment, would not receive their January salaries and allowances.
Mr Anikwe Ogbuagwu, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, Prof. Barth Nnaji, disclosed this in Lagos.
Ogbuagwu said the ministry was aware that the workers’ union had prevented them from resuming at their places of redeployment.
He said that based on the development, the ministry had notified the workers that they would forfeit their monthly salaries and allowances until further notice.
According to him, the letters redeploying the workers are ready but the affected workers have been prevented from collecting them by their union.
“Any PHCN worker, who failed to resume in their respective ministry of redeployment, will not received his or her salary and other allowances.
“We have redeployed the workers to various ministries and their letters are ready but they have been stopped by their union from collecting the letters,” he said.
Ogbuagwu said that the Federal Government had stepped up the implementation of the Electric Power Sector Reform (EPSR) Act of 2005.
The special assistant said that the implication of that was that all PHCN workers at the corporate headquarters would be transferred to other ministries and agencies.
The management of PHCN, in an advertorial on Tuesday, said that the corporate headquarters has not been liquidated as claimed by the ministry.
The management said that liquidation of the PHCN headquarters would happen after all legal process had been followed as agreed.
It said that no worker at the headquarters had been retired.
However, it said that the affected workers’ January salaries, including the 50 per cent increment and the 13th cheque, had been paid to their new locations.
According to the advertorial, payment will be made after the workers have completed all documentations.
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