BREAKING: Workers Shutdown APM Terminals Apapa Over Anti-Labour Practices, Alleged Racism

By DAPO OLAWUNI

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has shutdown the premises of largest container terminal in Nigeria, APM Terminals Apapa Lagos over the terminals alleged breach of National Joint Industrial Agreement (NJIC) signed with the union.

President General of MWUN, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju confirmed to DAILY TREND NEWS exclusively on Thursday that the workers decided to take their destiny into their hands because APM Terminals failed to heed several warnings and negotiations by the union.

He said “The workers have shutdown the terminal because of the anti-labour practices going on at APMT”

“It depends on APMT, let them go and reposition themselves and follow due process in line with the NJIC agreement that we signed with them, it is by law”

“They are taking advantage of Nigerians and bringing in foreigners to come and take over our jobs, now the workers have taken destiny into their hands that they won’t allow this to happen again”

“The jobs that Nigerians can do, APMT is bringing in Egyptians, Ghanaians, to come and head departments that Nigerians have been heading before”

“The white man heading the terminal has no regard for Nigerians, you are in our father’s land and yet he would be calling us sort of names, this is too bad”

“They don’t like us, yet they are making a lot of money in this Nigeria, and taking it back to gonand develop their own country at the expense of Nigerians” he said

Comrade Adewale Adeyanju urged the Nigerian Immigration Service to investigate and look into the foreigners engaged by APMT to take jobs belonging to Nigerians.

“Immigration should check what their work permit says, you cannot just come into this country as an expatriate, you must have your work permit” he said