Aviation workers' strike leads to traffic jams around Lagos airport
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The offices of various aviation agencies in Lagos were closed on Tuesday as aviation workers embarked on a warning strike,
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the closed offices were those of the Ministry of Aviation, the Airspace Management Agency of Nigeria, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and the Civil Aviation Authority of Nigeria.
Union members besieged the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, causing traffic jams around the airport and surrounding areas.
There was a heavy presence of security guards at strategic points in the area to prevent the breakdown of public order as trade unionists chanted solidarity songs.
The Secretary General of the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals, Abdul Saidu, has expressed disappointment that the terms of service in the sector have not been implemented after eight years of signing.
>He also disapproved of the planned demolition of aviation agency offices by the Ministry of Aviation, noting that the idea was wrong.
"For more than eight years, the terms of service have not been implemented because aviation agencies operate without a board of directors and there are no checks and balances.
>"The Ministry of Aviation wants to destroy buildings in the area for a roadmap which is not approved by Lagos State and even the one approved in Abuja has not been made; so what it's useful, ”he wondered.
Mr. Saidu said the unions would call a full-scale strike if their demands were ignored.
READ ALSO: Ministry of Aviation calls for peace as strikers block access roads to Lagos airportNAN reports that unions are demanding immediate publication of revised terms of service, implementation of consequential adjustments to minimum wage and payment of arrears for the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) since 2019.
The unions also demanded a halt to the planned demolition of aviation agency buildings in Lagos by the Ministry of Aviation for an airport city project.
NAN reports that the unions on February 7 issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Ministry of Aviation and some parastatal aviation agencies regarding non-implementation of consequential minimum wage adjustments and arrears for NiMet.
(NAN)
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The offices of various aviation agencies in Lagos were closed on Tuesday as aviation workers embarked on a warning strike,
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the closed offices were those of the Ministry of Aviation, the Airspace Management Agency of Nigeria, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and the Civil Aviation Authority of Nigeria.
Union members besieged the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, causing traffic jams around the airport and surrounding areas.
There was a heavy presence of security guards at strategic points in the area to prevent the breakdown of public order as trade unionists chanted solidarity songs.
The Secretary General of the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals, Abdul Saidu, has expressed disappointment that the terms of service in the sector have not been implemented after eight years of signing.
>He also disapproved of the planned demolition of aviation agency offices by the Ministry of Aviation, noting that the idea was wrong.
"For more than eight years, the terms of service have not been implemented because aviation agencies operate without a board of directors and there are no checks and balances.
>"The Ministry of Aviation wants to destroy buildings in the area for a roadmap which is not approved by Lagos State and even the one approved in Abuja has not been made; so what it's useful, ”he wondered.
Mr. Saidu said the unions would call a full-scale strike if their demands were ignored.
READ ALSO: Ministry of Aviation calls for peace as strikers block access roads to Lagos airportNAN reports that unions are demanding immediate publication of revised terms of service, implementation of consequential adjustments to minimum wage and payment of arrears for the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) since 2019.
The unions also demanded a halt to the planned demolition of aviation agency buildings in Lagos by the Ministry of Aviation for an airport city project.
NAN reports that the unions on February 7 issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Ministry of Aviation and some parastatal aviation agencies regarding non-implementation of consequential minimum wage adjustments and arrears for NiMet.
(NAN)
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