BY VICTOR AHIUMA-YOUNG
FOLLOWING the intervention of Federal Government, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has given Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, till next week to pay 11 months outstanding salaries of tally clerks and onboard security men, among other grievances, or all ports operations across the country will be shut down.
The union had earlier issued a 14-day ultimatum to NPA over the issues, lamenting that same authority spends about N300 million monthly to pay illegal employees known as Cargo Surveyors, who had nothing to do at the ports.
Before the ultimatum elapsed in the last week of June, Federal Government, through the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, summoned stakeholders, including Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, to a meeting to find solution to the looming industrial unrest in the ports.
President-General of MWUN, Emmanuel Nted, told Vanguard that due to the intervention of Wogu, the union decided to extend the ultimatum with another 14 days to enable NPA to sort itself out over the issues.
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