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Nationwide Protest: Aviation Workers Ground Airports Monday

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja

Aviation workers will commence a nationwide protest on Monday, September 12, 2022, a move that will ground activities at all the airports across the country. 

This is coming on the heels of the provision in the new Civil Aviation Act (CAA), which gives the minister of aviation the power to proscribe the unions.

The workers, under the auspices of National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP), National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) and the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) are expected to participate in the protest. 

It was contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday and signed by Ochema Aba (NUATE), Francis Akinjole (ATSSSAN), Abdul Razaq Saidu (ANAP), Sikiru Waheed (AUPCTRE), and Umoh Ofonime (NAAPE), who are the general secretaries of the unions. 

The unions had at a joint conference at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos over the weekend issued a 14-day ultimatum from Monday to correct the Act or face a total shutdown of the sector. 

 General Secretary of NUATE, Ocheme Aba had disclosed that proscribing union activities was not mentioned during the public hearings organised by the Joint National Assembly Committee on Aviation before the bills were passed.

To this end, they demanded investigations on how the clauses were smuggled into the bills transmitted to the President, as they were in conflict with the prevailing national and international laws.

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