MWUN ELECTION: Out Ports workers pledge industrial peace in Ports,  back  Adeyanju’s reelection

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

District chairmen from Out Port Stations of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) have reaffirmed thier commitment to ensure enduring peace at the ports.

Saying reelection of Comrade Adewale Adeyanju will go a long way towards achieving sustainable peace and industrial harmony going by his leadership style.

The District leaders from the Onne, Port Harcourt, Calabar and Warri ports sued for sustainable industrial peace in port operations at the nation’s not only in the Eastern Seaport, but  the nation at large.

According to them, the incumbent President General(PG), has impacted positively to the lives of members of the eastern ports thus the need to reelect him .

Speaking at a solidarity visit to the national Secretariat of the union in Lagos recently, the district chairman in charge of Port Harcourt District, MWUN, Comrade Tony Nwokocha expressed gratitude for the leadership prowess of the union helmsman in the last four years.

Nwokocha

He called on members of the union to embrace peace for smooth port operations that has been the bane of Adeyanju’s leadership in the last four years.

They said they had come to declare their supports for Comrade Adeyanju, stating that if not for the union’s constitutional provisions, Adeyanju deserve a third term.

MWUN conference

“In our last conference somebody mentioned that labour will present a president of this country and I went to the Nigerian Labour Congress, that we are ready because we have somebody to present who is no other than the indomitable Comrade Adewale Adeyanju.’

“The MUWN is interested because we have the most qualified leader by name Adeyanju; in short, Nigerian politicians should come and learn from MWUN of Nigeria.

His starling attributes as ambassador of peace and humble character has qualified him for re-election, he said.

“We want to use this medium to let our PG know that our coming to Lagos from Out Port is to declare our stand and we are here for PG’s second tenure .

“At the Out Port, we don’t have any black sheep, we are here to declare our loyalty and total support for PG’s re-election.

“The reason we want to re-elect our PG is because of his attributes as an ambassador of peace and a bundle of humility,” he said.

The highpoint of the occasion was the presentation of branded T-shirts and caps to the President General as a mark of solidarity support.

Also speaking,Comrade Tunde Bakare, District Chairman AMS / Intels reiterated that the incumbent President General will not be forgotten by members even after office adding that his achievements are indispensable.

He added that they have felt his impact in numerous ways thus the reason for the support.

Responding, Comrade Adeyanju said that having been endorsed, he would use his second term in office to reposition some of the ills in the industry even as he maintained that the era of using workers as slave labour is over.

Adeyanju said, “May be people think I am hiding my identity, till I come back for second term. I don’t have cane to flog anybody, the only cane I have is to improve on the welfare of the workers.

“If I didn’t sell you out 11 to 15 years ago, this is not the time to sell you and my executive will never sell any worker. We can disagree but we will also resolve.

“There are lots going on that we must reposition as a union.

“There are some terminal operators who do not have the welfare of their workers at heart. They should prepare for us.

“There are some employers of labour who believe that if they have not killed workers in their father’s land, they will not be recognised as employers of labour, they should prepare for the union.

Adeyanju

“The era of using the Dockworkers and shipping as slave labour in their fathers’ land is gone forever. Dockworkers are not thugs and we must be given our own respect.”

While appreciating the supports of the workers, the PG called for continued collaboration with the branches, districts and units for greater heights in the union.