A new twist to the face-off between the terminal operators and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council emerged last week, when the Council’s branch of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) threatened to reconsider its continued membership of the mother union.
The bone of contention is a letter that was written last week to the Minister of transport in which the MWUN kicked against the recent slash in some rates and charges that were being collected by the terminal operators.
A new twist to the face-off between the terminal operators and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council emerged last week, when the Council’s branch of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) threatened to reconsider its continued membership of the mother union.
The bone of contention is a letter that was written last week to the Minister of transport in which the MWUN kicked against the recent slash in some rates and charges that were being collected by the terminal operators.
The union had in a letter that was signed by its secretary general; Comrade Aham Ubani, accused the Shippers Council of taking a unilateral decision and that the council‘s action would affect its members, who are the employees of the terminal operators.
But the Shippers Council Branch of the union in a letter dated November 13, 2014, noted that: “As you are aware members of our district, being employees of the organsiation you have dared in carrying out its stator function viewed this posture of the union with grave concern”.
“Accordingly, an emergency meeting of this district is being called to review its membership of the union, given that the body which is expected to protect her members would fight against an organisation that employs them”, the shippers council branch stated in the letter.
The letter was signed by both Comrades S Otiyongo and KP Lawson.
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