Following the continuous protests by electricity workers in Oyo State, Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC) has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) to re-absorb workers recently sacked.
The state Chairman, Comrade Kayode Martins, gave the order yesterday while receiving the affected workers at the NLC State Secretariat, Labour House, American Quarters, Ibadan.
Addressing the workers under the aegis of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), who converged on the Labour House, Martins described the sack of the affected workers as worrisome, condemning the treatment meted out to them.
Lamenting the level of exploitation of the outsource workers by the agents, especially deduction of their salaries, he said the practice was illegal, as it was against the labour laws.
He called on security agencies in the state to come to the aid of the sacked workers, noting that it was unlawful for employers to pay less than the minimum wage to their employees.
The Nation reports that the affected workers, in the past two weeks, had been protesting poor remuneration, unfair treatment by the management of the IBEDC and the recent sack of 17 of their members.
