Aggrieved IBEDC workers seek govt’s intervention

…as protest continues in Ibadan

Protesting workers of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, (IBEDC) have sought the intervention of the Federal government over what they described as poor condition of service as they continued with the protest in Ibadan on Monday.

The workers have threatened that the protest which started on 7th February would continue until their request are met

The protesters took over the company’s premises along 14th Avenue, J.K.P Close, Oluyole Main Estate, Ibadan.

Category of workers involved in the protest are casual workers in all IBEDC franchise, including Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Kwara and parts of Niger, Ekiti and Kogi states.

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According to one of the protesters, Abdulazeez Kazeem, who spoke with our Reporter, Olúṣọlá Ọlágúnjú, the aggrieved workers were allegedly recruited by Premier International Procurement Logistics Limited (PIPLL) as the outsourcing agent that conducted recruitment service for IBEDC, and for many years they have been working for the electricity distribution company without any promotion or wage increase.

On her part, a protester, Mrs Folashade Tolulope, disclosed that as casual workers, they have been on a meager salary structure for about 10years, without any effort to improve the situation, just as they have been neglected for consideration as permanent staff with better working conditions.

Meanwhile, all efforts to speak with the management of Premier International Procurement Logistics Limited (PIPLL) has proved abortive

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