title: Maritime Workers' Union of Nigeria
text: # Maritime Workers' Union of Nigeria
  
  The Maritime Workers' Union of Nigeria (MWUN) is a trade union representing sailors, dockworkers and those in related trades in Nigeria.
  
  ## History
  
  The union was founded in 1996, when the Government of Nigeria merged four unions:
  
  * Dockworkers' Union of Nigeria
  * Nigerian Port Authority Workers' Union
  * Nigeria Union of Seamen and Water Transport Workers
  * Union of Shipping, Clearing and Forwarding Agencies Workers of Nigeria
  
  Like all its predecessors, the union affiliated to the Nigeria Labour Congress, and by 2002, it had 83,479 members.
  
  ## Presidents
  
      1996: Uzojie Ukamuna
      2001: Onikolease Irabor
      2009: Anthony Nted Emmanuel
      2017: Prince Adewale Adeyanju
  