Due to non-compliance with the Extant Stevedoring Regulations also known as Government Marine Notice 106 of 2014 by International Oil Companies, workers in the maritime sector under the aegis of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria have finalized plans to stop port operations.
As a result, an indefinite strike against the IOCs would take effect on March 1, 2022.
This was contained in a statement in Lagos, jointly signed by the union’s President General, Adewale Adeyanju, and the Secretary-General, Felix Akingboye.
The union also accused the IOCs of failing to allow ‘stevedoring companies’ access to their platforms to commence operations.
The MWUN statement read in part, “We convey to you, Minister, the esteemed regard of the entire members of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria. We bring to you, the decision of the Central Working Committee of the Union at its meeting held Monday, January 24, 2022, to embark on an indefinite strike action effective from Tuesday, March 1, 2022, over the International Oil Companies’ non-compliance with the Extant Stevedoring Regulations known as Government Marine Notice 106 of 2014”
The union added that the action denied the appointed stevedoring companies access to operate on the platform of the IOCs.
“It will be recalled that the minister at a meeting held on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, with the International Oil Companies and the representatives of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, stevedoring companies and other stakeholders directed that the IOCs should within seven days allow the stevedoring companies access to their platforms to commence operations.”
