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 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]