Dockworkers wages increased by 2,000% in 17 years – STOAN

The Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), has said that Dockworkers who work at the ports have had their take-home increased by 2000 percent since the federal government introduced the port reform in 2006.

STOAN Chairman, Princess Vicky Haastrup, made this disclosure at the maiden edition of Dockworkers Day organised by the Shipping Correspondent Association of Nigeria. (STOAN)

In her opening remark, Haastrup said that before the port concession, dockworkers were poorly paid adding that there was no condition of service. 

The STOAN chairman said that the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBI) between the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) and terminal operators has ensured industrial harmony. 

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“Today, the average take-home pay of a dockworker has increased by more than 2,000 per cent over what it was in 2006. The Collective Bargaining Agreement between the union and terminal operators has also ensured industrial harmony at the port,” she said.

Haastrup, who is also the Executive Vice Chairman of ENL Consortium, thanked the federal government for the 2006 port concessions.

Also speaking at the maiden Dockworkers Day celebration, President-General of MWUN, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju congratulated SCAN for putting together the eventful programme to celebrate dockworkers, who he described as the unsung heroes of the sector.