The NLC Assistant Secretary, Chris Onyeka has alleged that if workers withdraw their services from the National Grid, the machines cannot autonomously function.
He stated that when workers initiate a withdrawal of service, it inherently means they cease going to their workplace. He pointed out that the cessation of services is a deliberate and impactful measure taken by the workers to assert their demands.
He said in an interview with Channels TV From Minute 2:14, ”It is important at this junction that I clarify the discussion about the shutting down of the National Grid. When workers embark on withdrawal of service, you don’t expect them to still go to work. A strike connotes withdrawal of service. If we withdraw our service from the National Grid, the machine will not turn itself on. The machines will stop operating and that is what happened. Workers have withdrawn their services and so things will not work as they were working before.”….Sée Móre