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National Union of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employees

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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

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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

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Presidents

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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

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1978: Valentine Awah[1]
1979: Solomon Kunle Oyebanjo[1]
1996: Adebayo Kazeem[1]
2006: Isiaka Gbolagade Yussuf[1]
2009: Bamidele Stephen Busari[1]
2012: Lamidi Ayinla Danjuma[1]
2016: Thomas Terhemba Tyoban[1]
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "About us". NUFBTE. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Restructuring of trade unions" (PDF). Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette. 8 February 1978. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ^ LeVan, A. Carl; Ukata, Patrick (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192526324.