Tag: Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria

NUPENG, electricity, maritime workers mobilise for planned Monday’s strike

Aminu Imam
Nationwide strike

…Sea ports to be shut The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has directed its members to comply with the directive of the two labour centres to begin an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday. NUPENG’s General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale, in an issued statement yesterday, said the union was committed to ensuring total compliance with the directive. Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) declared an indefinite nationwide strike to begin on Monday, to express their grievances over the proposed new…

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“NPA MD in coded romance with IOCs breaking Nigerian maritime laws” – Workers Union president

Aminu Imam
Maritime Union

Three months after the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) suspended its decision to shutdown the nations seaports over refusal of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) and Stevedoring contractors to comply with the Stevedoring extant laws, the union has alleged that Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is playing to the gallery with the IOCs. In a chat with newsmen on Friday, the MWUN President-General, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, lamented that up till now, the Managing Director of NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko has refused to furnish the union with names of those IOCS that…

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Maritime workers to shut seaports for NLC protest

Aminu Imam

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria has said it will join the two-day nationwide protest being organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC). In a statement yesterday by the MWUN’s Head of Media, Kennedy Ikemefuna, said the move was necessary following the directive of NLC that its affiliate members across the nation should strictly comply. Recall that on February 16, the NLC announced the nationwide protest scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday over the alleged governments failure to implement agreements reached between both parties on October 2, 2023, following the removal…

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Dont appoint cobbler as Transportation Minister – Maritime workers urges Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The President-General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Adewale Adeyanju has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to appoint someone that has the knowledge of maritime as the Minister of Transportation owing to the several problems bedevilling the sector. Adeyanju, who doubles as the 1st Deputy President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), made the call on Monday, while speaking with some journalists in his office in Lagos. He said that the industry needed people who know the grey areas of the industry and who can immediately…

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Maritime workers to begin warning strike today over bad roads

Aminu Imam

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has stated that it will embark on a three-day warning strike from today, December 7, to protest the deplorable state of access roads to seaports in Lagos State. This was contained in a communique issued by the union after its national executive council meeting in Lagos at the weekend. The MWUN said the situation was no longer tolerable. The communique was signed by the president-general of the union, Adewale Adeyanju, and the secretary-general, Felix Akingboye. It said that the poor state of the…

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