Nigerian Workers Shut Power Plant Handed to Sepco

Bloomberg

18 Feb 2011

Nigerian Workers Shut Power Plant Handed to Sepco

Nigerian workers have shut down the Olorunshogo Power Plant to protest a government decision to hand it over to SepcoIII Electric Power Construction Corp. of China, a labor union leader said.

The workers closed down the plant two days ago on concern the agreement may lead to job losses, Joe Ajaero, general secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees, said today by phone from Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. The government ceded the power plant to SepcoIII, on Feb. 15.

“On the day the government handed over the power plant to the Chinese, they barred workers from entering some sections, so by the next day, the workers decided to equally lock out the Chinese,” Ajaero said.