MWUN Disapproves Seafarers Deplorable Living Conditions On Board Ship & Shore Vessels
MWUN Disapproves Seafarers Deplorable Living Conditions On Board Ship & Shore Vessels
By Jerry Aguigbo
The Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria, (MWUN) has frowned at the deplorable living conditions meted on its Seafarers’ on board vessels “MT Bawarza” tanker vessel; and two tug boats “Battle Axe and “MT Spain” belonging to the Management of Ship & Shore Services Ltd in Lagos.
The dehumanizing living conditions of the Union’s Members who are bonafide crews on board Ship & Shore Services vessels Ltd, was recently brought to the notice of the Union’s leadership.
The President -General of the Union, Comrade Francis Bunu Abi, a Maritime Expert, Seasoned Sailor and Business Administrator has rejected this condition and vows not to allow the matter lie low, stressing that no employer of labour in the Maritime sector would operate with such impunity by violating and compromising the safety standards of Seafarers’ on board vessels, providing unhygienic health facilities, poor and deplorable living conditions with absolute ignominy.
The MWUN PG also noted with dismay how these crew members were been treated inhumanly on board these vessels, exposing them to all kinds infections and other communicable disease on a daily basis, thereby compromising their health with outright disregard for safety and efficiency standards of the aforementioned vessels belonging to Ship & Shore Services Ltd.
Having said that, every Seafarer has the right to a safe and secure workplace which complies with safety, health, and humane living standards; and that have been grossly neglected in this case of the Union’s members in the employ of Ship & Shore. The Union will not in any measure let this issues of total negligence on the Seafarers’ and also the disrepair state of the Vessels to fizzle away as the matter has been reported to the appropriate government agency for immediate intervention.
