The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has threatened to shut down activities at the nation's seaport in Lagos over the slow pace of road construction leading to Apapa and Tin Island Port.
President General of the Union, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, while addressing some maritime journalists in his office yesterday threatened that if government did not call on the contractors to expedite action, the union may embark on a total strike very soon.
Adeyanju further said that the union had suspended the ultimatum given to the government earlier this year because it thought the roads would have gone past the stage it is now.
When asked to give his assessment of the Presidential task team deployed to ensure free flow of traffic into and out of Apapa, the MWUN boss said the task force has found it very hard to perform or carry out their assignment due to the state of the roads
He therefore urged the government to call the contractors to order to speed up the pace of work failure, which he said would elicit total close down of port operations.
According to him, "how will I be satisfied with what is going on in the port, even on the road? "The question at the back of the mind of everybody, has to do with the pace at which the construction work is going in both Apapa and Tin Can. It is nothing to write home about.
"If you remember vividly, we only suspended our ultimatum and the way things are going now, we will be forced to renew the ultimatum and commence our normal strike.
"And that strike is going to be total shut down, if care is not taken. So, it is better for the government now to talk to the contractors handling the job to speed it up.
"How can the federal government task force on Apapa gridlock work when the roads are not good" he said.
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