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BPE to settle outstanding PHCN workers’ terminal benefits

By on January 28, 2014

The Bureau of public Enterprises will on Wednesday begin a nationwide tour of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria’s establishments to address residual issues in the settlement of the terminal benefits of the workers.

A statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the Head of Public Communication, BPE, Mr. Chigbo Anichebe, said the residual issues would engage the attention of the privatisation agency for a period of two weeks.

Anichebe said the move was in line with the bureau’s determination to ensure that all residual issues related to the settlement of the terminal benefits of the workers of the defunct organisation were resolved on time.

He said, “The tour will be co-ordinated by the technical sub-committee of the committee chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, and set up by the Federal Government on the settlement of PHCN workers’ terminal benefits.

“The sub-committee’s work is expected to last two weeks from January 29 to February 12. The itinerary released indicates that the tour will take place simultaneously at the following centres: Abuja, Ikeja Disco, Port-Harcourt Disco zonal office, Kaduna Disco zonal office and the Bauchi Business Unit.”

The BPE spokesman advised all PHCN workers with pending issues to take advantage of the initiative and visit the designated centres with their complaints.

The BPE had recently said it had so far verified 43,375 workers of the defunct PHCN, who had been paid terminal benefits amounting to N361.02bn.

Anichebe said only about four per cent of the workforce of the company had not been verified contrary to the claim by the National Union of Electricity Employees that 25,000 workers of the former electricity monopoly had not been paid their terminal benefits.

He had said, “The total PHCN workforce presented to government is 47,913.  Out of this number, 43,375 have been verified and validated as bona fide members of staff of the PHCN, and have been paid both gratuity and pension components remitted to their Retirement Savings Accounts.”

 

 

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