By Ambrose Obioma Okehi (News Emperor)

The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has commended the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) for supporting the securing of approval for increase in the salary for its workers.

The stagnated non-increment salary increment, a situation, which News Emperor gathered, has lingered since 2008 and has seriously affected the well-being of the workers.

Commenting when he received letter referenced MWUN/MD/NPA/RFC/23 dated 6th March, 2023 as signed by the Secretary General MWUN, expressing appreciation to the Management of the Authority for the increment in the salary of its members.

The Managing Director/CEO NPA, Mohammed Bello Koko has said: “breaking the jinx of salary stagnation suffered for over a decade by the Authority’s employees was made possible with the support of the MWUN, and we remain appreciative”. He added that “this critical support from MWUN has buoyed us to intensify our relentless drive towards continuous improvement in the welfare of our esteemed workers in ways not limited to monthly salary alone”.

Recall that the NPA Managing Director had in November 2022 been accompanied by the President General MWUN, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju to pay an advocacy visit to headquarters of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to solicit the NLC’s solidarity towards increase in NPA workers’ salaries.

Still speaking on the issue, the MD, Mohammed Bello Koko stated that “we are further delighted by the fact that our own Comrade Adewale Adeyanju is now the Deputy President of the NLC, this gives us the necessary solidarity and backing to push for more benefits for our highly valued human resources”