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Telecommunication workers have called on the Minister of Information and Communication, Professor  Dora Akunyili, to conduct fresh investigation into the process leading to the privatisation of the Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) and its sister company, Nigeria Mobile Telecommunication (Mtel).



The employees requested for an urgent and lasting solution to the lingering crisis in both companies.

The aggrieved workers also called for investigation of the details of the liquidation of non-core assets of both companies. A copy of the letter which was also copied to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) reads: “The former Minister’s handing over note must have said a lot but we doubt if it will tell you why government revoked the sale of NITEL to Transcorp and in less than two weeks change that decision."



Last year, workers concerned with the situation, organised a few strikes:

http://www.uniglobalunion.org/UNITelecom.nsf/0/180408_EN_0C