Aviation Unions to FG: Prepare for total shutdown in 7 days
BY CHUKWUEMEKE IWELUNMO
As the aviation unions’ warning strike entered its second and last day Tuesday, the unions have vowed to come back after seven days should government failed to address the issues raised.
The secretary general of Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) Comrade Abdulrasaq Saidu while addressing the workers at the Murtala Mohammad International Airport Ikeja, warned that the full strike will resume if the issues raised remained unresolved
He said,”After seven days we go to a total shut-down, we will try to cut Nigeria away from other countries”
The unions laid siege at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport ( MMIA) which led to heavy traffic leading to the airport
Our reporter observed the presence of heavy security including the police and army around the strategic points at the airport armed to the teeth while the unionists were at the international chanting solidarity songs.
Saidu expressed disappointment that 8 years after nothing has been done to ensure the Conditions of service were implemented
He argued that an industry where the minister is leaving in the next month and wants to pull down offices of agencies and parastatals in Lagos state stating that he wants to turn his policy into law and lord it over the industry even when it is flawed.
He said, “For 8 years conditions of service were not implemented. Sirika usurp the functions of the Governing boards there is no check and balance an
“They wanted to coerce us to come to Abuja, but we didn’t go to the meeting. No conclusions, no genuine meeting with the Government.
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“He wants to destroy buildings in the sector for a Road map that was not approved for Lagos, even the one approved in Abuja for the Aerotropolis nothing has happened there and he wants to turn his policy to law.
“When you are going in the next month, and you want to pull down headquarters and leave nothing”
Offices of agencies of the Ministry of Aviation in Lagos, Nigeria Airspace Management Agency ( NAMA), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN) and the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA) were under lock and key as the industrial action entered its second day.
