The strike action that was initiated due to a number of labor-related issues was suspended on Thursday by the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) and the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE).
Adebayo Adelabu, the Minister of Power Chief, summoned a crucial intervention meeting on Thursday, September 25, 2025, to address ongoing labor conflicts at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), and the suspension came after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was agreed.
Representatives from the Federal Ministry of Labor, the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC), and TCN management attended the meeting in Abuja, which was attended by the Nigerian Independent System Operators (NISO).
Notably, earlier on Thursday, NUEE instructed its members at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to cease services immediately after a deadline set by the unions for TCN management over a number of labor-related issues had passed.
The Minister of Power stepped in to stop the unions’ picketing and start a conversation on behalf of the Ministry of Distribution Services’ Director of Distribution Services and Planning, Research, and Statistics Director.
The unions agreed to evaluate a committee’s report by October 6-7, 2025, with the intention of evaluating its implementation beginning in October 2025, following lengthy deliberations that resulted in important agreements.
In order to evaluate the financial effects of the committee’s recommendations and create a thorough implementation strategy, TCN and NISO will work together.
This strategy will be submitted to the unions and the minister.
A follow-up meeting will be held between the management and the unions to address any outstanding concerns.
To assist in putting the report into practice, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) will expedite the examination of TCN and NISO’s prices. No worker will suffer repercussions for taking part in the most recent strike.
The communiqué that our correspondent saw states, in part, that “as a result of these commitments, the in-house unions agreed to suspend their industrial actions, allowing the resolutions to be put into effect and promising a more cooperative path forward in addressing labor issues within Nigeria’s power sector.”
