MWUN Mourns ITF Maritime Officer Ayo Ohiwereh
MWUN Mourns ITF Maritime Officer
Ayo Ohiwereh
By Okezie Nnadi
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) under the leadership Of COM. (Prince) Dr. Adeyanju Adewale, fnli, FCAI mourns and announce the sudden demise of Bro. Ayo Ohiwereh, who until his death was an astute dockworker and an employee/consultant with the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) acting as Maritime Officer, Africa.
Before Bro. Ayo Ohiwereh passed on in the early hours of Friday the 21″ of February 2025, he was in Nigeria, having arrived from his base in London, United Kingdom; for his usual routine working for the International Transport Workers Federation as maritime ITF Officer for Africa, especially as it concerns the Maritime Affiliate Scheme (MAS) project in Nigeria.
Bro. Ayo Ohiwereh was at the forefront of the massive MAS Project in Nigeria, which helped immensely to strengthen and impact our collective bargaining agreement to meet with international standard and through this process helped to further the integration of the west Africa transport hub with special emphasis on the well being of dock workers and seafarers well spurring and encouraging the activities of all Africa based ITF Coordinating Committees (NCC).
The Edo State born from Etsako Local government area was a staunch maritime Wilose vast knowledge of the maritime sub sector globally cannot be over emphasized as he recorded copious achievements in every session he touched and or managed. He was indeed a change maker and a shinning example of vision and dedication.
The late Ayo transversed the seven continents of the world working for better welfare for transport workers globally. His invaluable contributions to the transport sector in Nigeria is phenomenal, he was a trail blazer, who is followed by indelible marks, embossed in the sands of time.
Bro. Ayo was a notable personality, who was very fond of every one of us in MWUN. He was notable for his impeccable “queens” English which captivated audiences and commanded enormous followership. Fondly, we referred to him as a “Whiteman” in “black skin”.
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