The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello-Koko, has urged the Maritime Employees Union of Nigeria to droop its deliberate strike.
Bello-Koko, whereas disclosing this in a press release on Monday, stated that the NPA has efficiently brokered peace between the union and operators within the oil and fuel trade over non-compliance with Stevedoring laws.
The MWUN had, final week, threatened to close the nation’s seaports, jetties, and oil and fuel platforms on Tuesday (right this moment) over what it described because the continued refusal of the Worldwide Oil Corporations and Stevedoring Contractors to adjust to the Stevedoring Extant Legal guidelines, “lack of entry to work places, lack of remittance of three % MWUN levy by Stevedores.”
The union additionally complained that it had written a collection of letters, press releases, ultimatums, marine notices, and several other ministerial orders however all have been serially ignored whilst they blamed the NPA for permitting the IOCs to function with out management.
Nonetheless, reacting to this, Bello-Koko stated the company would do all it takes to make sure peace and industrial concord among the many teams.
“We are going to do all it takes to make sure industrial concord and stop the shutdown of essential manufacturing platforms of the oil and fuel, and allied industries that maritime staff management. The nationwide economic system can not afford any shutdown right now,” he stated.
Bello-Koko added that on the finish of the assembly which came about on the company’s headquarters in Marina, Lagos State, a communiqué addressing the employees’ grievances and subsequent suspension of deliberate strike motion was signed.
Bello-Koko famous that these in attendance included the Govt Vice-President (Down Stream), Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted, Mr. Adedapo Segun; Deputy President, Nigerian Labour Congress, Adewale Adeyanju; President, Nationwide Affiliation of Stevedoring Operators, Mr. Bolaji Sunmola; Managing Director, Nigerian Pipeline Storage Firm, Mr. Bayo Adenrele; and the Assistant Director, Distribution System, Storage and Retail Infrastructure of the Nigerian Midstream & Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, amongst different trade leaders.