MWUN Charges NIMASA To Halt Foreign Investors From Hijack Of Seafarers Job

The Seamen and NIWA Branch of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) in Rivers State has tasked  the Nigerian Maritime Administartoion and Safety Agency ( NIMASA) as  the apex regulatory agency in the nation’s maritime industry  to stop foreigners from allegedly sneaking into the country and hijacking jobs meant for Nigerian seafarers.

The Seamen and NIWA Branch of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) in Rivers State has tasked  the Nigerian Maritime Administartoion and Safety Agency ( NIMASA) as  the apex regulatory agency in the nation’s maritime industry  to stop foreigners from allegedly sneaking into the country and hijacking jobs meant for Nigerian seafarers.
The chairman of the branch; Comrade Jonah Jumbo  gave this challenge in  Port Harcourt, Rivers state  last week at a parley with maritime journalists, where he frowned at the increasing rate at which foreigners like Palestinians, Indonesians Indians etc enter Nigeria and take over jobs meant for Nigerians.
“I stand against this practice, because it is bad. These foreign nationals hiding under wavers come here and take our jobs. This is not acceptable”, Comrade Jumbo said, even as he assured that the union will not stop fighting the trend.
He however pleaded with NIMASA to rise up to the occasion by fighting to ensure that non-Nigerians don’t to take over openings that are meant for Nigerian seafarers.
He congratulated the new co-coordinator of NIMASA in the Eastern Zone for what he described as the positive steps he has taken so far, and urged him to continue the tempo. “Training and retraining of seafarers is one area that will help our Nigeria seafarers to build capacity”, Comrade Jumbo said.
He tasked NIMAS to continue with programmes that will enhance and facilitate training and retraining of Nigerian seafarers, to make them competitive even in the global seafarer’s labour market.
He assured that the union will continue to embark on sensitization campaigns to educate members and the public on the place of Nigerian seafarers in the maritime sector.