The President General ,Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN),Comrade Adeyanju Adewale, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government for signing the thirty thousand Naira National Minimum Wage Bill into law .
The MWUN boss made this known the at Eagle square during the 2019 Workers’ Day commemoration in Abuja.
” I wish to inform my fellow that for us, there are strong signs of better days ahead for Nigeria workers especially with the signing of the National Minimum Wage Bill into law by our dear President , it will ensure better earning for us the Nigeria workers and strategic for revamping the economy.”
Adeyanju further called on the private and public organizations operating in the maritime industry to comply with the directive adding that” injury to one is injury to all.”
He also lauded employers of labours e.g the Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN) and stevedoring companies for the existing cooperation .
Adeyanju also commended management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for the peace and harmony in the sector.
He also applauded the Nigeria workers and asserted that the Nigeria workers has over the past years kept faith in their work and in service to fatherland.
According to him, ” Sometime, amidst salaries and wages that are often not commensurate with our daily toils by receiving take home pay that hardly take us home at the end of the day.
He added that an auspicious occasion of this nature provide them the workers and the Nigeria public who are the consumers of their services the opportunity to salute the commitment , resilient and perseverance of the Nigeria workers, in spite of our merger income in the face of skyrocketed food price, tuition, and rent .
“As we continued to nudged on in life in the hope for a better day; with the National Minimum Wage Bill signed into, that better day has finally come.
When asked to give his good will message to Nigeria worker on the 2019 Workers’ Day Commemoration; he said, I join all men and women of good will to congratulate my fellow Nigeria workers on our day .
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