Nigerian travellers will need to find an alternate solution, as the aviation unions have started a two-day warning strike.
Numerous travellers are stranded as a result of the union members’ blockade of the domestic terminal entry at Murtala Muhammad Airport.
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority had convened a meeting, but it resulted in a deadlock since the unions insisted on carrying out the strike.
Capt. Musa Nuhu is the Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation and he convened a meeting with union leaders.
Basically, the meeting was held to persuade the unions to call off their planned two-day warning strike.
Also, at the meeting, the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Aviation, Dr. Emmanuel Meribole, asked the union to call off its scheduled strike.
However, the union, disregarded the request and insisted on carrying out their warning strike.
Reason For Warning Strike
The National Union of Air Transport Employees, Nigerian Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association, National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, and Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals are the unions that make up this group.
The workers are requesting that the condition of service (CoS), which was reached through negotiations with the Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), the office of the president of the federation’s civil service, and other organisations, be approved and put into effect.
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Others include the failure of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency’s (NiMet) to apply minimum wage consequential adjustments and arrears since 2019 and the minister of aviation’s planned demolition of all agency facilities in Lagos as part of an airport city project.
At the moment, workers have warned that if the two-day warning strike failed, an indefinite strike would follow in a memo signed by the five union leaders.
The ATSSSAN’s Deputy General Secretary, Comrade Frances Akinjole, disagreed, telling reporters in an interview that “nothing has changed as I speak to you”.
“The strike will continue if you don’t hear from the general secretary.
“The strike goes as planned.”
Sadly, many travellers are already experiencing difficulties travelling due to the strike that has subsequently started at all Nigerian airports.
As the unions blocked access to the domestic terminal one and the MMA2, many travellers were seen making their way to the airport on foot.
In the early hours of Monday, security personnel on ground, including police and military personnel were seen singing songs of unity.
