The National Union of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE) is a trade union representing workers in food processing and related industries in Nigeria.
History edit
The union was founded in 1978, when the government of Nigeria merged the country's many unions into industrial unions.[1]
The unions which merged into the NUFBTE were:[2]
- A. C. Christlieb Associated Companies Workers' Union
- Bacita Allied Sugar Factory Industrial Workers' Union of Nigeria
- Bisco Biscuit Workers' Union
- Cadbury Nigeria Limited African Workers' Union
- Dumex Workers' Union
- Flour Mills of Nigeria Workers' Union
- Food Specialities (Nigeria) Ltd. Workers' Union
- Golden Guinea and Allied Workers' Union
- Guinness Industries Workers' Union of Nigeria
- Karouni Workers' Union
- Lagos and District Bakery Workers' Union
- Lipton Workers' Union of Nigeria
- Narakat Biscuit African Workers' Union
- Niger Biscuit Company Limited and Associated Workers' Union
- Nigeria Canning Company Ltd. Workers' Union
- Nigeria Cocoa Processing and Allied Workers' Union
- Nigerian Breweries African Workers' Union
- Nigerian Sugar Industry Supervisors', Foremen and Allied Workers' Union
- Nigerian Tobacco General Workers' Union
- North Brewery Workers' Union
- Philip Morris (Nigeria) Ltd. Workers' Union
- Tate and Lyle Nigeria Limited Ilorin Factory Workers' Union
- Trebor (Nigeria) Ltd. Workers' Union
- West African Breweries and Associated Companies Workers' Union of Nigeria
- West African Distillers Ltd. African Workers' Union
It affiliated to the Nigeria Labour Congress. By 1988, it had 44,405 members, and this grew to 160,000 by 2005.[3]
Leadership edit
Presidents edit
- 1979: K. O. Lawrence[1]
- 1980: Stephen Olubayo Osidipe[1]
- 1991: Nansel Haruna Mamdam[1]
- 1995: John Onyenemere[1]
- 2008: Lateef Idowu Oyelekan[1]
General Secretaries edit
External links edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "About us". NUFBTE. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Restructuring of trade unions" (PDF). Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette. 8 February 1978. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ LeVan, A. Carl; Ukata, Patrick (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192526324.