Aviation unions within the nation have threatened to floor all actions within the sector for 2 days if their calls for aren’t met.

The unions have issued a discover of a warning strike to aviation staff nationwide.

LEADERSHIP WEEKEND  gathered that the warning strike is scheduled for April 17 and 18 2023 and will probably be led by the Nationwide Union of Air Transport Workers (NUATE), Air Transport Companies Senior Workers Affiliation of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), Nigerian Affiliation of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP), Nationwide Affiliation of Plane Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) and the Engineers Amalgamated Union of Public Company Civil Service Technical and Leisure Companies Employers.

The unions claimed that their calls for, together with the implementation of recent minimal wage, consequential adjustment with arrears for the Nigerian Meteorological Company (NIMET) since 2019 and the discharge of the reviewed circumstances of service for the Nigerian Airspace Administration Company (NAMA), Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Nigerian School of Aviation Expertise (NCAT), Zaria and NIMET, had not been met regardless of issuing an ultimatum to the minister of aviation and chief govt officers of the companies.

“Until all our calls for are met instantly and the minister’s demolition train is halted, all aviation staff are hereby directed to withdraw all providers within the sector on seventeenth and 18th April 2023 as a warning strike.

“Ought to the warning strike fail to attain the specified end result, an indefinite strike shall ensue,” the unions stated in a press release.

The ultimatum had since expired, and the unions claimed that the aviation minister, Senator Hadi Sirika, stays adamant in finishing up his menace to demolish the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), NAMA, NCAA, NCAT and NIMET in Lagos regardless of their entreaties in the direction of warning.

Copies of the discover of the warning strike signed by the overall secretaries of the unions, had been despatched to the Lagos airport police command, all airport commandants, the Division of State Companies (DSS), the chief executives of the companies, and overseas airways.