They also appealed to the president to address the 40 per cent deductions from the financial accruals of the aviation agencies as prescribed by the Finance Act 2022.
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Aviation workers’ unions are set to embark on two-day strike from Monday over alleged failure to implement the conditions of service agreement between the union and some aviation agencies.
The unions are National Union of Air Transport Employees and Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria.
Speaking on the planned strike, the General Secretary of NUATE, Ocheme Aba said all operations at the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, as well as the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, would be grounded along with that of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT.
Comrade Ben Nnabue, the National President of NUATE, made the remark in his May Day address on Saturday in Lagos.
Aviation unions on Thursday condemned the remand of two Nigerian pilots and the entire passengers of Caverton Helicopter, which operated into the Nigerian Air Force Base in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday picketed the operations of Newrest Aviation Services Limited, an in-flight catering company, at the Lagos airport for allegedly preventing its employees from joining unions in the aviation industry.
The Joint Aviation Unions that embarked on industrial action on Wednesday to press home their demands have reached an agreement with the Federal Government and called off the strike.
Two unions in the aviation sector have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the new N30,000 minimum wage into law.
The National Union of Air Transport Employees on Tuesday continued the picketing of two in-flight catering companies at the Lagos airport for allegedly preventing their employees from joining unions in the aviation industry.
Some aviation unions on Tuesday staged a protest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, over the alleged arrest of their members by policemen invited by the Management of Caverton Helicopters.
Aviation workers under the aegis of National Union of Air Transport Employees and Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria on Friday, protested against “poor condition of service’’.
As information filtered in that unions in the aviation sector were planning to invade and destroy the facilities of the Murtala Murtala Airport Two, operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, concessionaires, business owners and some intending passengers at the terminal on Thursday embarked on a peaceful protest to decry the unions’ plan.
Airlines at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two, operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, have cried out over their losses as the grounding of the terminal by aviation labour unions, made up of Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, National Union of Air Transport Employees and National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, entered day two on Thursday.
The unions in the aviation sector have threatened to shut down operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos on October 10, over alleged sack of 20 employees who indicated interest to unionise.
The General Secretary of NUATE, Olayinka Abioye, gave the assurance when he spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Thursday.
Olayinka Abioye, NUATE’s General Secretary, confirmed the development to newsmen in Lagos on Thursday evening.
Olayinka Abioye, NUATE’s General Secretary, who signed the notice, accused Kenya Airways of anti-labour practices and breach of collective bargaining protocols.
Olayinka Abioye, General Secretary, NUATE, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the unions in the aviation sector were impressed by the efforts of the Aero management to reposition the airline.
The members, numbering over one 100, barricaded the entrance to the offices and headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria at Muritala Muhammad Airports, Lagos