He said that the union had given the International Oil Companies (IOCs) two weeks’ notice concerning the matter. He said that failure to pay government-appointed stevedoring contractors for jobs done had made it impossible for their workers to be paid salaries. “On June 1, 2018, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) appointed stevedoring contractors to provide stevedoring services at various off-shore jetties and on-shore locations to the International Oil Companies and other operators. According to him, unfortunately, the operators refused to comply with NPA’s directive one year after the stevedoring contractors were appointed. Adeyanju wondered why the IOCs refused to cooperate with the newly-appointed stevedoring contractors since the modus operandi remained the same.

Source: The Guardian June 30, 2019 17:48 UTC