About 800 workers at Abuja Electricity Distribution Company AEDC were notified this week that their jobs are ending, marking one of the largest single-point lay-offs by a Nigerian utility in recent years. The move, which began Wednesday, Nov. 5, has sent ripples through the labor market and across countless households.
The company, a unit of Transcorp Power Plc, itself linked to Nigerian businessman Tony Elumelu, serves the Federal Capital Territory and the states of Kogi, Niger and Nasarawa. The lay-offs follow months of internal change at the distributor. Many Nigerian households are struggling with higher prices and an unreliable power supply, leaving utilities caught between regulatory constraints and mounting operating expenses.
Workers assured entitlements after exit