Electricity workers on Monday shut down the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) following an alleged failure to pay their pension deductions in the last 72 months.
The workers, under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), vowed to keep the company shut until the remittances were confirmed and paid.
The North-West chairman of the union, Ado Ririwai, while addressing newsmen, stated that the workers would no longer allow such an unwholesome attitude to continue.
Ririwai accused KEDCO of victimising union leaders who were trying to speak on behalf of the workers.
“This act is imperialist; it is the rights of workers to fight for what is theirs,” he said.
The union leader also accused the company of refusing to provide basic medical care to the workers “in spite of the hazards associated with their jobs.”