Blackout hits four states as NUEE shuts BEDC facilities

Electricity supply was disrupted on Monday in Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti states after NUEE members shut down facilities belonging to BEDC Electricity Plc. The union is protesting disputes over emoluments and welfare packages; in Benin City, officials reportedly blocked staff from entering the headquarters and shut key operational facilities. BEDC management and NUEE leaders were meeting to try to resolve the dispute. Bernard Egwakide, acting Edo State chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, said the outcome would determine whether the NLC intervened again.