By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – Kaduna State Labour unions have embarked on a 5 day warning strike, leading to a power blackout across the state after electricity workers joined in the action.
In a message to its customers, the Management of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC) said whole reacting to the development, that the current total power blackout in Kaduna State was due to the strike.
The Company’s Head of Corporate Communication, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, said on Sunday, May 16, 2021, that staff of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) knocked off all its power lines in compliance with the strike directive issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
KEDC lamented that it was caught in a crossfire between the aggrieved parties and appealed to the labour unions and Kaduna State Government “to strive at an amicable resolution for normalcy to return.”
He stated: “In compliance with the NLC directive, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN has knocked off all our 33KV lines in Kaduna State.
“Consequently, we are appealing to all communities, security agencies and vigilante groups to be vigilant so that men of underworld will not cash in on the situation to vandalise power supply installations.
“Any suspicious movement around distribution sub-stations (transformers) should be reported to the relevant security agency.”