MWUN To Introduce Trust Fund Scheme For Dockworkers

Apparently determined to better the lots of members, the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) ,has put in place measures to introduce trust fund scheme in furtherance to support the welfare of  dockworkers.

 

Comrade Adewale Adeyanju who disclosed this on Wednesday, during a fundraising meeting for one of the branch late founding fathers, said the union has commenced the process   for members as a way to support their welfare.

 

The President General, told members of the branch executives comprising district and unit heads , that the trust fund will be of great benefits to the dockworkers, even as he informed that the seafarers arm of the union already have that in place.

 

According to him “If we have a trust fund for the dock workers all over  Nigerian seaport, by now we would have been ahead, but today I want to lay a foundation for the dockworker trust fund and its going to be manage by the dockworkers executives and that of the national executive council .

 

“And these trust fund if all of us agreed with me today we can start, imagine if we are putting in N1000 daily  multiply by the numbers of the dockworkers we have in Nigerian Seaport  multiply by numbers of days and numbers of year you will agree with me that is a lot of millions.

 

“And for that trust fund if anybody has a challenge which we don’t pray for you can come and take out of the trust funds, I have discussed this matter with the dock workers president and I believe this is the time for us to have it we are going to involve a very good bank that will manage that fund for the dockers.

 

Adeyanju informed that the seafarers arm of the union already have that in place, urging the dock workers and executives to agree  on the particular amount that would suit the dock workers.

 

“As I am talking to you the seafarers have their own trust fund but I believe the dock workers should have their own too.

 

” We need to set up a technical committee that will also manage it for the dock workers”,he said.

 

`The union also used the opportunity to inform dock workers that the approval for the payment of severance benefits for the tally clerks and onboard security men has been approved, but due to the procedures of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) the money is yet to be disbursed, the union informed the severance benefits is over a billion naira, and there are procedures before such a money can be withdrawn.

 

The executives lampooned some members of the union who went to meet the commissioner of police to ask for permission to carry placards for the payment.

 

“They urged the members to put their minds to rest as the going says after rain comes sun shine.