YULETIDE: Adeyanju urges Maritime Stakeholders, Christians esp, to emulate the Virtues of Jesus Christ
ZAINAB JUNAID
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) under the able leadership of Comrade (Prince) Dr Adewale Adeyanju, fnli has urged Maritime Stakeholders, Christians especially, to emulate the virtues of Jesus Christ, which entails peace, love, patience and humility as they celebrate the festive season.
Adeyanju stated this in a goodwill message for the festive period to Nigerians and Maritime Stakeholders among which include the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) National Inland Waterways Authority ( NIWA), National Association Of Stevedore Operators (NASO), Ships and Terminal Operators of Nigeria (STOAN) the four Branches of the Maritime Workers Union namely: the NPA, Shipping, Seafarers and the Dockworkers Branches and the Union’s administrative staffers.
The message was in a communique made available on Monday,25 , December,2023, by media head of the Union Comrade John Kennedy Ikemefuna.
Prince Adeyanju said the tolerance and sacrifice of Jesus Christ should be
imbibed in everyone's life styles as national co-existence, cohesion amongst
Nigerians, stressing that these virtues will bring the much expected peace in
the country, urging the Christians to lead the way.
MWUN President-General who is also the Deputy President of the
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) praised all the stakeholders for being good
partners in the Maritime sector, charging them to also do more for their
employees and for the benefit of the country, as good welfare package remains
the mechanism that drives workers for optimal results.
He further admonished Nigerians in general to be of good
behavior adding, “we should be our brothers keeper all the time; regardless of
what we are passing through today, saying that there's nothing the Almighty God
cannot do; hence we should emulate the life of Jesus Christ, who taught us
perseverance, long-suffering, while applying his principles of love and
patience always.”
In the same vein, Dr Adeyanju was full of praise as he
poured encomiums on the Union's administrative staffers, whom he described as
one of the best in the sector. The number one Maritime Labour Leader did find
time to be with the Staffers during the Union's end of year party at the Union
Secretariat, promising them that the end of year partt has come to stay as the
event will be observed annually.
