MWUN Denies Involvement in Planned Nationwide Protest

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) under the leadership of the President -General, Comrade (Prince) Adewale Adeyanju, has emphatically said that the foremost maritime labour Union in the country,(MWUN), that its executives and officials are in no way connected to the individuals responsible for the planned nationwide protest scheduled for August 1, 2024.

A press statement issued by the Head of Media of the Union, Comrade John Kennedy Ikemefuna, stated that MWUN is a responsible Union with its vast membership as workers in the Maritime sector, providing essential services at all times and round the clock and also came into proper reckoning with commitment and patriotism during the COVID-19 lockdown when its members were required to render essential services in spite of the stay at home order by National Council For Disease Control (NCDC).

The 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 Congress and the Union will always heed calls of the NLC to participate in any industrial strike or in a coordinated, lawful or orderly industrial action, which in this case is a reversed one.

Having said so, the Union will not take part in any protest not directed by the Nigeria Labour Congress.

However, the Union pointed out that it does not begrudge any Nigerian citizen to a peaceful protest.

Dr. Adeyanju also admonished members of the Union to desist from any protest in the terminals, jetties or oil & gas platforms, warning that they should 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," the statement warned.