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August 21, 2019
In furtherance of its effort to ensure improvedworking conditions for seafarers in the country, the Nigerian Maritime Administrationand Safety Agency, NIMASA has midwifed the signing of the Nigerian SeafarersConditions of Service Collective Bargaining Agreement .
The agreement signed at the Agency’s headquarters inLagos was with the endorsement of the National Joint Industrial CouncilCollective Bargaining Agreement on minimum standards on conditions of servicefor Nigerian seafarers in both coastal and offshore sectors.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, theDirector-General of NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, expressed his belief that properimplementation of the agreement would bring about significant improvement inseafarers’ working conditions.
The DG, who was represented by the Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services Gambo Ahmed, added that the conditions of service of the CBA is a minimum standard in line with the extant national and international regulations and must be met by all employers of seafarers.