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
editThe 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
editPresidents
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
editExternal links
editReferences
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. ISBNÂ 0192526324.
🔥 Top keywords: Akademia e Shkencave e RPS te ShqiperiseAlexandria Ocasio-CortezBilderberg GroupCristiano RonaldoDong XiaowanMinecraftOperation GladioPrimal cutRiot FestStrictly Come Dancing (series 7)Main PageSpecial:SearchWikipedia:Featured picturesUEFA Euro 2024Donald SutherlandJacob FatuInside Out 2CleopatraUFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. AliskerovDeaths in 2024List of teams that have overcome 3–0 series deficitsCristiano RonaldoUEFA European ChampionshipChappell RoanJessica AlbaSam FatuHouse of the Dragon2024 Copa AméricaYouTubeRomelu Lukaku.xxxSherri Papini kidnapping hoaxPepe (footballer, born 1983)Project 2025The BikeridersTaylor Wily2024 ICC Men's T20 World CupSabrina CarpenterKiefer SutherlandThe Boys (TV series)Copa AméricaKalki 2898 ADHinduja GroupTaylor SwiftOpinion polling for the 2024 United Kingdom general electionThe Boys season 4BridgertonShania TwainGeorgia (country)