The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has announced that it will not take part in any protest that is not directed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
John Kennedy Ikemefuna, the Union Head of Media made the affirmation in a press release in respect to the planned nationwide protest scheduled for August 1, 2024.
He added that the executives and officials of the Union are in no way connected to the individuals responsible for the protest.
According to him, the President General of the Union and Deputy President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Prince Adeyanju, who doubles as Vice President Global, International Transport Workers Federation ( ITF) said that Maritime Workers Union is an affiliate of the NLC and the Union will always heed calls of the Congress to participate in any industrial strike or in a coordinated, lawful or orderly industrial action, which in this case is a reversed one.
However, he noted that the Union does not begrudge any Nigerian citizen to a peaceful protest.
” Dr. Adeyanju admonished members of the Union to desist from any protest in the terminal jetties or oil & gas platforms and stay clear from hoodlums who may want to take advantage of the protests, to destroy properties, and towards maiming and loss of lives of innocent citizens as the scars of EndSars is still fresh in our memories”
” The Union as always is committed to industrial peace and harmony within the sector; therefore, our members must be at alert and be vigilantly sensitive towards miscreants, who may want to invade our sector to commit havock on the day in the name of protests” he wrote.
