National Union of Electricity Employees has shelved their strike action after 24 hours of shutting down the power grid and plunging the country into darkness
According to Joe Ajaero NUEE has agreed with the government to suspend the strike for two weeks.
“Normal operation will be restored immediately. But if after two weeks nothing is done we will resume the strike,” said Ajaero.
NUEE said the strike was to force the government to honor a 2019 agreement stating it would offer financial assistance to retired workers of a former state-owned electricity company.
On Wednesday, power cuts were soon reported in Lagos, in the northern city of Kano and in the oil hub of Port Harcourt.
Nigeria has about 7,000 megawatts of electricity available but it distributes less than 4,000 because of a lack of technical capacity.
The national grid has also suffered many supply issues throughout this year.
