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Former NUL boss faults MWUN on strike over Ports, Harbours bill


By Favour Efughi
Harboursandport.com: Lagos ---Former Acting Managing Director of the National Unity Line, NUL, Mr. Willy Illa, has said that the Federal Government should have no business in the port operations in the country, as they only see the ports as a means of revenue collection.
Arial view of one of the nation's seaport.

Speaking with harboursandport.com, Illa explained that the government does not invest in the port development, so they should not be in the port administration, saying; “The government has no business being in ports administration, they should just collect their revenue and leave port administration to private operators for efficiency.”
The former Managing Director of NUL also frowned at the attitude of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, for their constant strikes on issues that concerning involvement of private sector operators in port administration, saying that they are only interested in job losses without looking at what is going to be the effect of Ports and Harbours Bill if passes, on a larger Nigerian economy.
“Will going on strike help Nigeria get out of the recession? How will it add value to our port activity? Instead we should look for ways to change Nigeria.
“The Ports and Harbours Bill has been existence even before democracy, let us see how we can improve our practices at the ports. Let us look for a way to modernize our port operations. Look at countries like Singapore, and see what efficiency in the port means,” he said.
He charged workers to make sacrifices to make sure Nigeria gets better, stating that they should not be scared of losing their jobs. “After 35 years of work, what next?” he said.

“Nobody wants to make sacrifice, that is why we are still in the same place. Why are we afraid of change all the time, why are we afraid to try the new things? We are not moving forward. We should leave this mentality that says “we would lose our jobs”; there is nothing to lose. Let us make the necessary sacrifices to develop Nigeria,” he concluded. 

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