Aviation workers in Nigeria to go on strike

According to the latest news reports, Nigerian aviation worker unions including the National Union of Air Transport Employee (NUATE), Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN),  Association of Nigeria Aviation Professional (ANAP),  have threatened to ground flight operations nationwide on Tuesday, 8th of February.

According to Comrade Ocheme Aba, General Secretary, NUATE,  Comrade Frances Akinjole, Deputy General Secretary, ATSSSAN, the Ministry of Aviation and the aviation agencies have refused to implement the Minimum Wage and Consequential Adjustment since 2019.

The unions’ leaders said: “Our Unions variously issued ultimatums to the Federal Ministry of Aviation and the six aviation agencies over the vexed issues of failure to release negotiated Conditions of service of the Agencies since 2013 and non-implementation of Minimum Wage/Consequential Adjustment since 2019. All the ultimatums expired 31st January 2019 without the demands being met in any form.”

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