Comrade Francis Bunu Secures Compensation for Family of Late Maritime Worker, Comrade Okwuwa Godwin

The President -General of the Maritme Workers’ Union of Nigeria, Comrade Francis Bunu Abi has made another milestone achievement in securing compensation for the family of late Comrade Okwuwa Chinedu Godwin, a member of the Union, and an employee of GMS Recruitment Services Limited; who died on the 18th of March, 2024, as a result of an illness contracted while on board a vessel.

It would be recalled that the sad incident of late Comrade Godwin occurred in 2024, some years back before the emergence of the present President -General of the Union, Comrade Francis Bunu Abi.

In a press release signed by the union’s spokesman, Comrade John-Kennedy Ikemefuna
on Thursday, the MWUN PG had taken up the case with vigour, resilience, determination and a sense of purpose in consonance with the Labour laws.

“The Maritme Workers’ Union of Nigeria as it’s today under the new leadership of the pragmatic PG, cannot be said to be inadequate, given the case of the late Comrade Godwin, whose course of death wasn’t farfetched from the vessel he was detailed by his employers.

“This is also noting from all fairness that after MWUN’s intervention and negotiations with his employers, GMS Recruitment Services adhered to the demands of the Union in favour of the late Comrade Godwin accordingly as per P& I.

“In view of the aforesaid, Comrade Francis Bunu, thanked the management of GMS Recruitment Services for their understanding of the of the whole matter and their maximum cooperation in this regard, noting that human lives matter when it comes to death in anyway it may have occurred.

“The family of the late Godwin also shared in the same vein with the MWUN PG on how the whole issue was handled towards a reasonable and amicable conclusion, with so much thanks to the leadership of the Maritme Workers’ Union of Nigeria” the statement said