The labour minister, Emeka Wogu, and his counterpart in the transport ministry, Idris Umar, have asked the Attorney General of the Federation to prepare an instrument for the domestication of the maritime labour convention 2006.
The memo which the Federal Executive Council has approved is expected to usher a a turn-around in the maritime sector.
Wogu explained that the law will enable Nigeria develop its maritime sector for better efficiency.
Meanwhile, maritime workers have expressed concern about issues affecting the industry and upper most on their minds is the alleged tax evasion.
The trade union congress of Nigeria and the maritime workers union are separately asking the federal government to probe what they call the dirty tax deals benefitting the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas company.
The unions have said they recognise that between 1998 and 1999, the NLNG was granted a tax break for its pioneering role in the natural gas project.
However, they are now wondering why there’s an issue over the refusal of the Nigerian maritime and administration safety agency to allow them carries on their operations, without paying the back log of tax.
