NIGERIA: ILO CONSOLIDATED MARITIME LABOR

UNCLAS ABUJA 002159 SIPDIS SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ELAB EWWT PREL ILO SUBJECT: NIGERIA: ILO CONSOLIDATED MARITIME LABOR CONVENTION DEMARCHE REF: STATE 339942 ¶1. December 16, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Transport Deputy Director of Maritime Services, A. Abdulmalik. Abdulmalik said he would study the proposed changes to the Consolidated Maritime Labor Convention draft language and would contact the Embassy if he had any questions on the matter. ¶2. Per reftel instructions, U.S. proposed changes to the Convention's draft language were hand carried to the office of the Ministry of Transport Director of Maritime Services, Wali Mansoor Kurawa. Abdulmalik, Kurawa's deputy, said Kurawa would review the U.S. proposal after he returns to Nigeria on December ¶19. The proposed changes have also been shared with the MFA Department of International Organizations. MEECE