“Electricity workers in the country have threatened to shut down the nation’s electricity if the federal government forces them out of work without paying them their entitlements. The workers stated this though their union, the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), on Monday in Jos. The federal government had promised to pay off the over 40,000 workers as part of the privatisation of the electricity companies, successor companies of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).”

Source: allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Electricity Workers Threaten Total Blackout