Nnaji orders PHCN to pay 50% salary increase

Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji

The Minister of Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, has issued "a second and final warning" to the PHCN managing director and chief executives of the 18 firms created out of the power utility to pay the new 50 per cent salary increase not later than this week.

In a letter to the PHCN executives dated October 27, 2011, the minister stated that the funds for the first three months had been made available.

The Federal Government had accepted to pay for the first three months to enable the successor companies adjust to the new salary structure.

However, there are indications that the government and the junior workers’ union in the power sector may be heading for a showdown over the implementation of the new pay.

Reliable sources told our correspondent last night that while the minister insisted that the collection of biometric data of every PHCN staff member must precede the payment to ensure accountability and transparency, the leadership of the National Union of Electricity Employees wanted payment without verification.

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