Following the suspension of the strike announced by electricity workers, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has started restoring power to users in the southeast.
This was said in a statement sent by the company's spokesperson on Thursday morning, Emeka Ezeh.
He claims that the five Southeastern States of Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Abia, and Anambra have resumed receiving power.
Following a meeting with Chris Ngige, the minister of labour, and Abubakar Aliyu, his counterpart in power, the employees decided to call off their strike Friday night.
Eze stated that power restoration started about 3am and will be finished by Thursday at noon.
According to him: “In view of the decision reached yesterday evening at a meeting between the Union/striking electricity employees and the Ministers of Labour and Power, the industrial action has been suspended and restoration of supply commenced since 00.34hrs.
‘Though this has been gradual, it is hoped that before noon today all EEDC outgoing feeders would have fully been restored.
‘We sincerely apologise to our esteemed customers for the inconveniences this situation must have caused them, and also appreciate them for their patience and understanding.
‘We, at EEDC, assure our customers of our continued committment to providing improved services”, he said.
The workers had commenced the strike on Wednesday morning to press home their sand for improved welfare.
The strike had thrown the entire country into total blackout throghout Wednesday before the intervention of Ngige and Aliyu last night to halt the strike.