The Nigerian Maritime Workers Union Union has sworn to follow the Trade Union Congress’s and the Nigeria Labour Congress’s directives to join the indefinite nationwide strike that is set to begin on Monday.
Adewale Adeyanju, President General of MWUN, stated that “given the failure of the Federal Government and the inconclusive national minimum wage negotiation and refusal to reverse the hard-biting hike in electricity tariff,” it has become imperative to go on an indefinite nationwide strike.
This was said in a statement released on Saturday and signed by John Ikemefuna, the MWUN Head of Media.
The Federal Government’s refusal to raise the recommended minimum wage from N60,000 reportedly prompted organized labor members to call a national indefinite strike on Friday.
At a press conference held at Labour House in Abuja, NLC President Joe Ajaero revealed this.
According to Ajaero, the strike would start on Sunday, June 2, 2024, at midnight.
What they’re saying
“The MWUN has instructed its members to effectively enforce complete compliance with the directive of the NLC and TUC at all ports around the country, jetties, terminals, and oil and gas platforms.
“This would notify all of our interested parties in the maritime sector.
Bottom Line
The NLC leader expressed what it called “grave concern and disappointment” over the Federal Government’s failure to conclude and pass into law a new National Minimum Wage Act and reverse the hike in electricity tariff to N65/kWh. He read from a speech prepared jointly with his TUC counterpart, Festus Osifo.
