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$4 MILLION DOLLAR LOSS, ADELABU ALLEDGES ELECTRICITY WORKERS OF SABOTAGE, CONSPIRACY

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has stated that likely sabotage by some electricity workers caused a fire outbreak that destroyed three transformers worth $4 million at the sub-regional switchyard of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State. This comes as he warned electricity staff against vandalizing the national grid while embarking on industrial action. Adelabu, who inspected the TCN in Osogbo, Osun State, on Friday, also lamented that during the last warning strike organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the national grid was attacked. He issued a stern warning to electricity staff against the destruction of the national grid, noting that perpetrators would face the full force of the law. “No matter what the circumstances are, nothing must push us to deliberately destroy these assets of national grid.  I’m not against industrial actions, it is part of labour relations but when we are doing it, we must be conscious of what is our collec