THE Shipping Correspondents’ Association of Nigeria (SCAN) is set for the second edition of the SCAN Dockworkers’ Day celebration in line with its resolve to continue placing issues affecting the Nigerian dockworker on the front burner.
With the theme, ‘Dockworkers: Key to Unlocking Nigeria’s Blue Economy,’ the event, organised in collaboration with the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN), focuses on the need to properly position, through capacity building, the dockworkers who are integral to the terminals’ cargo handling job.
This is in the light of increasing developments in the industry geared at a more robust and resourceful harnessing of the ocean economy for a stronger Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with the port sector primary to that pursuit and the dockworker an indispensable human resource.
The event is largely an early-warning to draw the attention of stakeholders, especially the government, terminal operators and the dockworkers themselves, to the imperative of capacity building to the increasing expectations from the sector in the light of a dynamic operating environment.
The event is billed for Thursday, September 12, in Lagos and ready to attend is the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, as special guest and former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Chief Adebayo Sarumi, as chairman of occasion.
Other special guests include the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Barr Pius Akutah; Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dayo Mobereola and the Managing Director of NPA, Dr Abubakar Dantsoho.
Others are the Chairperson, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria, Princess (Dr) Vicky Haastrup and the terminal operators, while the Managing Director, PTML, Mr Ascanio Russo, is the keynote speaker.
It will also be an occasion to celebrate the exceptional dockworkers at the various districts as well as the most supportive regulatory agencies and the terminal operators.
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