Managing Director / CEO Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello Koko (4th from right), Executive Vice – President Down Stream Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited NNPCL, Adedapo Segun (3rd right), Deputy President Nigerian Labour Congress NLC /President-General Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria MWUN Prince Adewale Adeyanju (second right) Executive Director Engineering NPA, Engr. Ibrahim Abba Umar (second left), Port Manager Lagos Port Complex, Charles Okaga (first left) and President MWUN-NPA Branch, Comrade Ifeanyi Mazeli.

In a patriotic move calculated to stop an impending national economic shut down, the Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority NPA Mohammed Bello- Koko Monday January 8, 2024 brokered peace between the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria MWUN and marginal field operators of the oil and gas industry over non-compliance with Stevedoring regulations.

Recall that the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria had issued an ultimatum to shut down all oil production and allied platforms over non-compliance with the stevedoring regulations, lack of access to work locations, lack of remittance of three per cent MWUN levy by Stevedores.

Mohammed Bello-Koko, who pleaded with the maritime workers during the meeting said: “We will do all it takes to ensure industrial harmony and prevent the shutdown of crucial production platforms of the oil and gas and allied industries that maritime workers control. The national economy cannot afford any shutdown at this time.”

The meeting culminated in the signing of a communique addressing the workers’ grievances and subsequent suspension of the planned strike action. In attendance were the Executive Vice-President (Down Stream) for Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited NNPCL, Mr. Adedapo Segun, Deputy President of the Nigerian Labour Congress NLC, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, President, National Association of Stevedoring Operators NASO, Mr. Bolaji Sunmola, Managing Director Nigerian Pipeline Storage Company NPSC, Mr. Bayo Adenrele and Assistant Director Distribution System, Storage and Retail Infrastructure of the Nigerian Midstream & Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority NMDPRA amongst other industry leaders.