Following a strike action embarked upon by staff members of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the indefinite suspension of the management of the company.
This was even as he ordered the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) to set up a new AEDC, interim governing board.
AEDC staffers had shut down power facilities over non-payment of arrears of pensions, allowances, salaries and promotion.
This led to disruption of power supply to customers serviced by the DisCo.
The Minister of State, Power announced this in a statement issued by his media aide, Ofem Uket, on Tuesday.
He described the non-performance and incompetence of the AEDC as a national embarrassment, saying the suspension of the management team subsist until further notice.
Meanwhile, in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), jointly signed by the Minister of State, Power, Goddy Jedy Agba; the Chairman, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Sanusi Garba; Director-General of Bureau of Public Enterprises, Alex Okoli, Comrade Joe Ajaero on behalf of the union, the Federal Government ordered the suspension of the strike.
It said outstanding emoluments and entitlements of staff members will be paid within 21 days.