Maritime workers have threatened to embark on strike within two weeks if the Federal Government fails to make international oil companies pay government-appointed stevedoring contractors monies owed them. Mr Adbul-Waheed Adeyanju, the President General, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), issued the two-week ultimatum in a statement in Lagos on Thursday.

Adeyanju particularly urged the permanent secretary in the Federal Ministry of Transport to look into the issue so that dockworkers could be paid their salaries and wages. He said that the failure to pay government-appointed stevedoring contractors for jobs done had made it impossible for their workers to be paid salaries, a situation which had led to “the untimely death of members’’.

According to him, failure to effect payment to the contractors will make members of the union to withdraw their services in all the seaports. “Dear stakeholders, we want to use this medium to intimate you and the Federal Government of the non-payment of the stevedoring wages to dockworkers by the International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria.

“On 1st June, 2018, the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) appointed stevedoring contractors to provide stevedoring services at various off-shore jetties and on-shore locations to the international oil companies and other operators.  “It will be necessary to inform you that NPA had held several meetings with these operators to grant access to the government-appointed stevedoring contractors, process their invoices, and effect payment, but unfortunately, the operators have refused to comply with NPA’s directive after one year that the stevedoring contractors were appointed.

“We commend the managing director and management of NPA for the efforts they have made to compel the IOCs to engage the services of appointed stevedores and registered dockworkers in their stevedoring operations. “A stakeholders’ meeting was held on Feb. 28, 2018 organised by NPA in Lagos to sensitise IOCs, jetty owners, and terminal owners,” Adeyanju said.

According to him, the NPA management made it clear that in line with Section 27 OF NIMASA Act, 2007 only government-appointed stevedores and registered dockworkers are empowered by law to solely handle, discharge and embark on loading operations at the ports, jetties and Oil platforms. Adeyanju wondered why the contractors refused to cooperate with the newly-appointed stevedoring contractors since the modus operandi remains the same?.

read more: https://gistok.ng/maritime-workers-issue-2-week-strike-ultimatum-over-non-payment-of-stevedoring-contractors/

Ok!

Ok

Strike ko strike ni

Abeg e

How does this affect the economy? They decided not to use your service and you still want to embark on strike

Every sector trying so hard to always withhold salaries......

They don't even care to know how the Union members survive!

The Mumu maritime will want the president to give mandate before they will pay.

every working just threatening strike at the smallest of issues

Missperplexity0:
every working just threatening strike at the smallest of issues

tupac said my stomach was empty so it tempted me to fuckkk the world..

Na so

naija like owing

Nigerians prefer suffering than fighting for what is their right. Now fg has banned social media hate speech. Bikonu how will the masses vent their anger again

I need to googled the meaning of stevedoring to understand this matter. So according to google, it means those we called "Aboki" inside market to help us carry load. But in this case, they are in the Port.

Our Govt should protect it´s own. They are not supposed to be threaten with a strike to protect their citizens who actually worked but are not being paid.