The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies,SSAEAC and the National Union of Electricity Employees,NUEE have ordered Kaduna Electric to disconnect Birnin Kebbi Military Barracks on account of the recent assault on the workers of the power company by soldiers.
Comrade Haruna Ahmad Tinau,Deputy General Secretary North,SSAEAC,said the action was unacceptable and must be resisted in order deter others with similar barbaric intention from taking such ugly action in future.
Describing the assault came to us as a rude shock,he demand for total black out for the Birnin Kebbi Barracks until the culprits are brought to book.
He added:”Our Association shall no longer watch this senseless action by any other groups or individuals and in this regard hereby call on all our members in Birnin Kebbi to stay away from your offices until your safety is guaranteed”.
Besides,the national secretariat of has approved the disconnection of the entire Birnin Kebbi Barracks until the officer in charge of the barracks make available those officers that involved in the humiliation of the law abiding staff if Kaduna Electric and make a public apology to the staff and the management of the power company.
The association,in a statement said:”As a national measure,no staff of Kaduna Electric should by any means be seen in and around the vicinity of the work environment because it is militarized and is not safe for civil work.Stay away from your offices untill the right thing is done please.An injury to one is an injury to all”
Earlier in a statement issued by its spokesman,Abdulazeez Abdullahi,Kaduna Electric condemned the molestation of our staff by men of the Nigerian Army in Birnin Kebbi.
He said:”The armed soldiers invaded our premises Saturday afternoon and unleashed mayhem on unsuspecting staff and customers alike. The hapless victims were beaten and subjected to humiliating treatment by the marauding soldiers for no reason whatsoever.
“Such brazen act of impunity has no place in the civilised society we live in. Their action is all the more nauseating considering the fact that the military men have never lodged any complaint regarding our services or over any perceived grievance they may have had. In fact, several attempts by our Management team in Kebbi State requesting meetings where issues of interest were to be discussed were rebuffed”
He said Kaduna Electric cannot guarantee its services in an unsafe environment,adding that the company does not tolerate such intimidation and molestation of its staff and would act within the law to seek redress.
