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The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria on Monday threatened to shut down
seaports on Friday if the Nigerian Ports Authority failed to pay six months
outstanding salary arrears to its members.
The President-General of the union, Mr Tony Nted, gave the threat in an
interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
Nted said the workers, including tally clerks and on-board security men were
aggrieved over the unpaid salaries.
He said, “This is now about the workers, who have been owed salaries even
after NPA promised to pay long before now.
“In frustration, the workers attacked the zonal office of the union, saying the
union had not pursued their payments vigorously.
“We are just lucky that people were not injured.
“However, they made their grievances known to the NPA and threatened to shut
the ports by Friday if payments are not made.
“NPA has been promising to pay, but now they refused to pay.”
The Public Affairs Manager of NPA, Capt. Iheanacho Ebubeogu, told the
aggrieved workers to meet their employers.
He said the NPA would prefer to deal directly with stevedoring companies, who
should in turn attend to their workers, rather than the NPA dealing with the
dockworkers.