The Maritime Staff Union of Nigeria stated it is going to be part of the two-day nationwide protest organized by the Nigeria Labor Congress.
This was contained in a press release on Monday by the Head of Media, MWUN, Kennedy Ikemefuna.
Ikemefuna stated the transfer was mandatory following the directive by NLC that its associates throughout the nation should strictly adhere to the identical.
The PUNCH reported that on February 16, the NLC introduced the nationwide protest deliberate for Tuesday and Wednesday over the alleged lack of ability of the federal government to implement the agreements reached between the 2 events on October 2, 2023, following the abolition of gas subsidy .
The choice adopted the conclusion of a fourteen-day ultimatum given to the federal authorities to take motion in opposition to widespread hardship.
Ikechukwu stated: “The MWUN would take part within the two-day nationwide protest group of the Nigeria Labor Congress on February 27 and 28, 2024, as directed by the Congress after the NEC-in-session assembly held in Abuja on Monday and all its associates throughout the nation to strictly adhere to this.”
He added that the protest comes in opposition to the backdrop of the federal authorities's refusal to honor the October 2023 settlement signed with Congress.
“The Congress is of the view that had the settlement been honored and carried out, it might have gone a good distance in assuaging the struggling and hardship of the ill-conceived and poorly carried out insurance policies which have inflicted on the Nigerian employees and the residents of the nation affected. ” stated Ikechukwu.
He additionally added that the MWUN as an affiliate of the NLC would adjust to the NLC directive.
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