Crisis is brewing in the nation’s maritime sector, as the leadership of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, threatened to ground activities in the seaports, if the Federal Government implements its plans to further privatise what it described as the pilotage services of Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA.
The union also threatened to resist attempts by the government to replace tally clerks at the seaports, who they said play a vital role in monitoring and identifying cargoes brought into the country with cargo surveyors.
President General of MWUN, Mr. Tony Nted, issued the warning in Benin City, Edo State, when he declared open, the delegate’s conference of the NPA and Dockworkers branches of MWUN.
He accused NPA management of conniving with officials of Bureau of Public Entreprise, BPE, to defraud the country, saying, “Concession is one of the best things that happened to Nigeria but I also consider the human factor, as so many people in NPA lost their jobs.
Many dockworkers lost their jobs too.
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