Two major electricity unions have suspended their planned nationwide strike following the intervention of the Federal Government.

The National Union of Electricity Employees and the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies had threatened to embark on industrial action over unresolved issues in the power sector.

The workers had earlier planned to down tools to press home their demands from the Transmission Company of Nigeria over non-implementation of the national minimum wage and other operational issues.

The union suspended the strike after extensive discussions with representatives of the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu and the labour unions.

Reports, however, revealed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at the end of the meeting in Abuja yesterday night, by representatives of the Ministers of Power and Labour, as well as leaders of the labour unions.