Comrade Francis Bunu has been elected as the President-General of the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) for the next four years in a unanimous decision at the 6th Quadrennial National Delegates Conference held recently in Lagos.
This is just as the immediate past President-General, Adewale Adeyanju was declared the Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT of MWUN by the new President General
Bunu, who until his emergence as the new President-General of MWUN, was the immediate Deputy President-General of the union.
He was elected unopposed alongside eleven others namely: Abubakar Bello – Deputy President-General; Taofeek Dahiru – Deputy President-General; Funmi Fasan – Deputy President-General; Ganiu Dosunmu – Vice President-General; Ibrahim Ohize – Vice President-General and Martina Njoku – Vice President-General.
Others elected include: Boniface Udoh – Vice President-General; Mukhaila Lawal – Treasurer; Raji Abdulateef – National Trustee; Obidoma David – National Trustee and Robert Eze – National Auditor.
Speaking shortly after his election, Comrade Bunu expressed gratitude to the Union for the faith and confidence reposed in him, culminating in his emergence as the President-General unopposed.
Comrade Bunu called for stakeholders’ collaboration so as to facilitate the growth and development of the nation’s maritime industry.
The event was also graced by several maritime bigwigs including; the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola; former President, Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Prince Olayiwola Shittu; Chairman, Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (NPCC), Mr. Bolaji Sunmola; President, Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM), Capt. Tajudeen Alao; Chairman, Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO), Chief Remi Ogungbemi; among others.
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