By Victor Ahiuma-Young
Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to compel the International Oil Companies, IOCs over refusal to allow Stevedoring companies and Dockworkers into their operational areas as required by law in the past eight years.
In a statement on Friday, the President-General and Secretary-General of MWUN, Prince Adeyanju Adewale and Felix Akingboye, respectively, warned that if at the expiration of the ultimatum the Union’s demand is not met, all ports operations nationwide would be shut until the union’s demands are met.
MWUN lamented the alleged silence of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and ultimately the Federal Government to the non – compliance of the IOCs to extant Stevedoring regulations and the Marine/Government Notice No. 106 on Stevedoring regulations, 2014 issued by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA.
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The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), on Friday, threatened to shut down all ports operations in the next seven days over the International Oil Companies (IOCs) disregard to laws allowing dockworkers and Stevedoring companies into their operational areas.
Already, the union’s has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government within which to meet their demand or face a total shut down of ports across the country.
The union said in a statement released on Friday that the seven-day ultimatum is to compel the IOCs to allow Stevedoring companies and Dockworkers into their operational areas as required by law, regretting that the IOCs have refused to allow them in the past eight years despite the provisions of Nigerian laws.
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Eromosele Abiodun writes that last week renewal of the Collective Bargaining Agreement first signed in 2019 shows that Nigeria is now committed to the welfare of dock workers in line with global best practices
On May 1, 2019, members of the Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN) signed a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN).
The agreement, which was midwifed by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) alongside other associations in the maritime sector, will improve the welfare of dock workers in line with global best practices.
For those who may not be aware, shipping contributes over 90 per cent to the world economy. There are about 51,400 merchant ships plying all over the world, transferring goods between places, keeping the economy running. Whether it is oil from the Gulf or iPhones in containers being delivered from one part of the world to another – everything is running round the clock