{"id":1601,"date":"2023-09-05T19:52:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T19:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2023-09-05T19:52:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T19:52:24","slug":"nlc-strike-aedc-suspends-electricity-supply-in-abuja-residents-brace-for-disruptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/09\/05\/nlc-strike-aedc-suspends-electricity-supply-in-abuja-residents-brace-for-disruptions\/","title":{"rendered":"NLC Strike: AEDC Suspends Electricity Supply in Abuja, Residents Brace for Disruptions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has announced the suspension of electricity delivery in the city due to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) strike.<\/p>\n

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The AEDC stated that the action was required “due to enforcement by NLC of the 2-day warning strike” in a notice released by its management and seen by Abuja City Journal.<\/p>\n

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This development has left residents and businesses scrambling to cope with the potential hardships that may arise from the power outage.<\/p>\n

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The AEDC’s decision to suspend electricity supply in Abuja is a response to concerns about the safety of its staff during the strike. The utility company has cited security issues as a primary reason for this drastic measure.<\/p>\n

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The power outage in Abuja is already causing disruptions to the daily lives of residents. Businesses that depend on electricity for their operations are facing downtime, while households are grappling with the inconvenience of no power. The lack of electricity can also impact critical services such as healthcare facilities and water supply systems.<\/p>\n

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The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has announced the suspension of electricity delivery in the city due to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) strike.   The AEDC stated that the action was required “due to enforcement by NLC of the 2-day warning strike” in a notice released by its management and seen by Abuja City […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-1601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1604,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions\/1604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}