The Yola Electricity Distribution Company (Yola Disco) has described the recent picketing of its facilities by the National Union of Electricity Employees and the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies as an act of economic sabotage.
The company, in a statement by its spokesman, Olugbenga Adebola, said the issue of contention between the management and the union was to reposition the disco for optimal performance.
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He said the company was open to continue engaging with them as it continued to put high premium on the interest and livelihoods of majority of its customers.
Adebola said the owners of the company, Quest Nigeria Limited, bought it in a transparent process midwifed by the Bureau of Public Enterprises, with all due diligence was done.
“We came in and met an organisation that needed to be repositioned in order to stabilize the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry as it had huge losses, mismatch in job alignment and an aging workforce that requires right sizing and realignment.”
He said some disengaged staff got two letters, including letters of re-engagement for those whose services were still required.
“Those that got two letters were asked to stay back to provide all the maintenance support that was needed before the second phase of the recruitment”, he said.
