Subsidy Removal: MWUN Demands Palliative For Members
By: Bisi Akingbade
The leadership of Maritime Worker's Union of Nigeria has demanded with humility that its members be considered for palliative incentives to cushion the effect of excruciating pains over the recent subsidy removal.
According to a press release signed by the Head of Media , MWUN, Comrade John Kennedy Ikemefuna, said in the midst of turbulent times of subsidy removal "the leadership of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, under the leadership of Comrade Prince, Dr. Adewale Adeyanju, fnli, HFCPSP, requests in the face of the recent economic reforms where the federal government had chosen a part of subsidy removal - a decision that has rippled the nation's economic landscape, affecting every citizen, the industry and most especially the workforce that keeps maritime running.
"There's no gainsaying that the maritime industry is the fulcrum around which the nation's economy revolves. This is knowing too well that products which fill our markets, the energy that propel our factories and resources that sustain our people flow through the maritime veins; yet, amidst this turbulent times, the maritime workforce has been left grappling with uncertainties battling dual challenges of the economic restructuring and the relentlessness at sea. This is a situation that demands not just our empathy but with utmost encouragement.
"In view of the foregoing, MWUN humbly requests that palliative incentives be given our members. Hence, we as a Union suggests that a meeting of MANAGEMENT/UNION be convened to discuss the modalities and when to commence payment.