Ilorin Experiences Partial Blackout Amid IBEDC Staff Protest Over Working Conditions
A partial blackout occurred in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, after a protest by some employees of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) over alleged poor and unfriendly working conditions.
Witnesses reported that the disgruntled workers prevented customers from conducting business at the company's premises. It was gathered that the protesting staff locked the gates of the company's two business offices located at Challenge and Baboko New Market in Ilorin.
The protesters, who carried placards with various inscriptions, stated that they were demonstrating against inadequate welfare facilities provided by the company.
Some placards read: “IBEDC should prioritise staff welfarism; IBEDC: no more half salary; IBEDC: pay our PFA, Union and Cooperative deductions now and; do you expect 100 per cent performance without materials and tools,” among others.
Speaking with our correspondent, the secretary of the state branch of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), Comrade Ayodele Peters, said the workers were being paid half salary by the management as monthly compensation.
The secretary said: “All deductions made by the company such as pension funds, union fees and cooperative contributions were not remitted by the company to the appropriate bodies.
“So, that made it difficult for our pensioners to access their money from the pension managers while our members could not get loans from the cooperative society because the management of IBEDC did not credit the account of these bodies after deduction from the workers salaries.
“The management laid off some workers of the company on Monday while rumors was rife that more workers would get their letters of sack today or tomorrow adding that all these laid off workers would not have access to what the management had deducted from their salaries when they were in service because they have not credited the pension managers.”
As at the time of filing this report, efforts to get the reaction of the management proved abortive as the phone number of the Corporate Affairs manager of IBEDC, Olori Busolami Tunwase, was unreachable.
Meanwhile, the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), has appealed to the IBEDC to ensure adequate power supply to the community.
The national president of the union, AbdulMumini AbdulMalik, in a letter, expressed the dissatisfaction of the people of Ilorin Emirate on th poor power supply to Ilorin since 2024.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Baba Adini Of Kwara State Hajj Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji Democracy Day Galadima Marafan Shonga Abdulrahman Abdulrasak Farouk Salim GGDSS Pakata Abdulrasheed Akogun Share/Tsaragi Issa Baba Mahmud Ajeigbe Www.Kwarareports.com Shaykh Luqman Jimoh Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf Pakata Patriots KWASIEC Quarry Royal Valley Raimi Iyanda Wahab Olasupo Egbewole AbdulRauf Keji Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem Federal Allocation Niyi Ogundiran Kayode Ishola Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu Yeketi Ilorin Emirate Nigeria Customs Service Abdul Jimoh Mohammed Okoolowo Economic And Financial Crimes Commission David Adesina Okin Malt Toyin Olayinka Tejidini Kawu Baraje Maimunat Oniyangi Sulyman Buhari Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd Ajibola Ademola Julius Salake Olomu Isin University Road Minimum Wage Hamid Bobboyi Kolawole Bashirat Adamu B. Yaqubu Al-Hikmah University Garba Ayodele Wahab Toun Okewale-Sonaiya Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund Afetu Of Alabe Charcoal Mutawali Of Ilorin Maimunat Oloriegbe Femi Agbaje Onilu Nurudeen Mohammed Gabriel Fashanu Pakata Development Association Basit Olatunji Tunde Kazeem Fareedah Dankaka Ebola Kisra COVID M.Y. Abdulrahaman Oluwole Dupe Mumini Ishola Hanafi Salman Suleiman Ahman Pategi University Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq Budo-Egba KW-GIS Freshvine Nigeria Limited

