Nigeria was on Monday morning thrown into darkness after organised labour shut down the national electricity grid, making good their threat to embark on a national strike.
The labour union is asking for an increase in the national minimum from about N30,000 to N494,000, blaming the rising inflation, high energy costs, skyrocketing transportation fares, increasing house rent, among others.
"The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby informs the general public that the labour union has shut down the national grid, resulting in black out nationwide. The national grid shut down occurred at about 2.19am this morning, June 3, 2024. "Staff that resisted were beaten while some were wounded in the course of forcing them out of the control room and without any form of control or supervision, the Benin Area Control Centre was brought to zero.
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