The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr. Muhammed Bello-Koko has commended the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) for its support in ensuring that salaries of members of staff of the Authority were increased.
Commending the union, the Managing Director, in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday, noted that the salary of workers had been stagnated since 2008.
Mr. Bello-Koko stated this when he received a letter referenced MWUN/MD/NPA/RFC/23, dated March 6, signed by the President General MWUN, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, expressing appreciation to management of the Authority for the increment in the salary of its members.
The NPA boss disclosed that breaking the jinx of salary stagnation suffered over a decade by the Authority’s employees was made possible by the support of the MWUN, stating that the authority remained appreciative of the support by the union.
“This critical support from MWUN has buoyed us to intensify our relentless drive toward continuous improvement in the welfare of our esteemed workers in ways not limited to monthly salary alone.
“We are further delighted by the fact that our own 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,” he enthused.