BEDC loses over N2bn to two-day workers’ strike – Management

The Acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BEDC Electricity Plc, Engr. Jonathan Lawani, has said the institution mislaid implicit N2 cardinal successful gross to the two-day concern onslaught embarked upon by the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE.

DAILY POST reports that the national began concern protests connected Monday, October 19, 2026, crossed BEDC’s franchise states of Edo, Delta, Ekiti and Ondo to request improved payment and amended conditions of service.

Lawani, represented by the company’s Chief Commercial Officer, Mr Akinleye Ogunleye, disclosed this connected Tuesday, October 20, 2026, successful Benin City portion briefing journalists connected the ongoing onslaught and its interaction connected energy proviso crossed BEDC’s franchise areas.

He said the disruption had affected the company’s quality to proviso energy to customers, adding that the fiscal implications of the onslaught would proceed to summation arsenic the concern enactment persisted.

He explained that the quality arose from concerns implicit consequential wage adjustments pursuing the implementation of the nationalist minimum wage, wage harmonisation and different worker payment matters.

While acknowledging the concerns raised by the protesting workers, the BEDC brag said the absorption had introduced respective initiatives since October...