The President General of the Maritime Workers Union, Comrade Francis Bunu, has admonished anyone hopeful of becoming a District Chairman to brace up, as there is no room for a non-performing District Chairman anymore.
”Take this message to them that it is no longer business as usual; we can no longer use our Districts for experimentation again because we cannot be here, and workers still complain of simple things that the Union should do for them.”
This is why we are saying, this time around, elect District Chairmen of the people’s choice and not my choice or any other executive’s choice, so that the elected Chairman can be accountable to the people.
Comrade Bunu promised that the issue of favoritism or asking a brother or sister to stay here or there cannot happen again.
“No, we cannot do that because it drags the union backward, and that is the reason some of the Districts are moribund. They don’t work because someone put people who cannot work, and that is why we are telling Seamen branches, enough is enough.
“We are making it clear that if you are not performing, there is no room for you, but there is room for anyone performing”, Bunu noted.
Special Female representative of the Seaman Branch of the Union, Sarah Goodness, while commenting on the activities in the Union, said some questions have been bothering her.
Her words, “I have these questions in my heart and they keep bothering me every time I think about the revamping and restructuring of our cradles.
” I mean the Districts and Units since the job starts from there.
“One, does this workload lie on the Chairman alone?
“Secondly, what is the work of other executives who are aspiring for positions too?, she asked.
According to Goodness, leadership positions in every organization are basically about the person’s knowledge, orientation to the work, physical health, and human relations.
For her, administrative and management techniques should be of utmost importance.
She, however, noted that aspiring for offices is good, but it depends on what the person can offer. All officers are to help the head both spiritually and physically, to achieve their target in the organisation.
” My advice is that leadership is not autocratic if you need to succeed in your department.
“These words might sound foolish to some ears, but the Bible made us to understand that God uses the foolish things of this world to confirm the wise
“Just have it at the back of your mind that there’s a task ahead of you in any position you are opportune to occupy”, she advised.
