MWUN harps on identification and registration of all members

The President General of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Francis Bunu Abi, has stated that the identification of all legitimately employed dockworkers and seafarers through the biometric registration will definitely expose illegal ones.

Comrade Francis Bunu Abi in company of his executives stated this during a meeting with the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola, on issues bothering on the Union’s biometric identification cards for the dockworkers and seafarers branches.

Comrade Bunu said noted that presence of illegal dockworkers and seafarers in the industry does not portray the union in any good light.

He explained that this identification measure will guarantee the ports some sort of safety and guard against theft and pilfering of consignments.

The labour leader promised NIMASA the Union’s usual maximum support and cooperation as it were, citing the longtime collaboration between the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) and Maritime Workers Union on the need to build a Seafararers Recreation Center in Apapa for the betterment of seafarers.

In his response, Dr. Dayo Mobereola assured the Union NIMASA’s commitment towards the project which was struck with his predecessor; and promised that his administration will ensure that its quota to the laudable project will be honored as agreed on paper.

He congratulated Comrade Bunu for his landslide election victory; and hope to continue to witness a flourishing synergy between both significant bodies in the Maritime sector of Nigeria.