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The Managing Director, MD, of the Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko has applauded support of the leadership of the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria MWUN in the process of securing approval to increase the salary of its workers.
The process was stagnated since 2008.
Bello-Koko said the support of the Union was a crucial factor to the success in breaking the 15-year jinx of stagnated salary payment.
Reacting to a letter from the Union with reference number: MWUN/MD/NPA/RFC/23 dated March 6, 2023 and signed by the Secretary General of MWUN, Felix Akingboye, in which he expressed the appreciation of the union to the management of the authority for the increment in the salary of its members, Bello- Koko 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.”
The NPA Managing Director accompanied by the President- General MWUN, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju had in November 2022, paid an advocacy visit to headquarters of the Nigerian Labour Congress NLC to solicit the NLC’s solidarity towards increase in NPA workers’ salaries.
Speaking further Mohammed Bello Koko stated: “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.”
The NPA workers had individually expressed delight over the increment in their salaries and allowances after nearly two decades of stagnation