Dockworkers threaten nationwide Port shutdown

By Godwin Oritse
LAGOS — Dockworkers have threatened to shut down Nigerian ports nationwide next week over terminal operators’ failure to commence negotiations on the National Joint Industrial Council (NJIC) agreement.

The Dockworkers Branch of the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) said workers were increasingly frustrated by what it described as delay tactics by terminal operators, warning that port operations could be disrupted unless negotiations began urgently.

Speaking in Lagos on Wednesday, President of the Dockworkers Branch, Comrade Bolaji Agboola, said workers’ anger was mounting over the prolonged delay, raising the prospect of an industrial crisis in the marit...