CRFFN Bows To Pressure As Workers Get Five Months Payment

Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has disclosed that members under Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) has received five months salaries out of seven months arrears owed to the staff.

President General of MWUN Comrade Adewale Adeyanju in a statement on Thursday, commended the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy Hon. Adegboyega Oyetola for helping to proffer solution to the issue of the CRFFN’s staff salary arrears.

According to a statement signed by Comrade John Kennedy Ikemefuna, Head Media MWUN MWUN , Adeyanju expressed heartfelt appreciation to the federal government for the timely intervention, demonstrating unwavering commitment to workers’ welfare.

Whilst thanking the Acting Registrar of the Council for cooperating with Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria and seeing to the payment of five months’ salary arrears, the Union urged CRFFN management to settle the remaining two months’ outstanding salaries as soon as possible.

MWUN also reminded the Minister that having paid only five months’ out of the seven months arrears owed to the workers, the CRFFN management now has two months in outstanding staff salaries to settle.

“The Union hereby further appeals for the support of the Honourable Minister and demands that the CRFFN completes the task post-haste, by immediately settling the remaining two months arrears.”

Recall that the union had threatened withdrawal of service seven months unpaid salaries of members under the employment of CRFFN.