Aviation Unions Threaten To Shut Down All Nigerian Airports by Sunday Midnight – Reports
Following the threats of two leading aviation unions on Thursday, October 22, threatened to shut down Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA by midnight on Sunday, it was learnt that airports across the nation are to be shut down on Monday, October 26.
The unions, National Union of Air Transport Employees, NUATE, and National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, NAAPE, in a letter dated 21st October, 2015 to their members accused NCAA of not adhering to the condition of service with respect to promotion of workers and other welfare issues.
The letter jointly signed by Secretary General, NUATE and Secretary General NAAPE, Comrades Olayinka Abioye and Aba Ocheme threatened to shut down the agency from midnight Sunday till further notice.
The unions insisted that the withdrawal of service by the workers became expedient in order to safeguard the integrity of NCAA’s condition of service.
The unions stated that the action of the Director- General of NCAA, Capt. Muhtar Usman violated section 3.4 of condition of service, stressing that all efforts to discuss with the management had proved abortive.
The letter added: “By the copy of this notice, the general public is hereby informed of this development and the implications that all safety regulations activities of the NCAA will be unavailable from that time and date.”
“The above notice will remain in force until otherwise directed by the secretariat of our unions.”
It would be recalled that the unions had sometime last month issued a 14-day ultimatum to the management of NCAA to effect promotion of workers risk an industrial action.
