The Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo has waded into

the dispute between the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria

(MWUN) and shipping companies operating in Nigeria, over

the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and poor remuneration

of workers.

The Union had issued a 7-day strike notice to shipping

companies in Nigeria, over alleged anti-labour practices,

threatening to cripple the operations of the shipping

companies at the expiration of the notice, if its grievances

were not addressed.

But the MWUN, in a statement said it was suspending the

strike notice, following the Minister’s intervention through the

Nigerian Shippers Council.