Workers in the country’s aviation sector are worried that what happened to workers of the former Nigeria Airways might haunt them if the issue of airport concession was not well managed. Former workers of Nigeria Airways are yet to receive their full payment years after liquidation by the administration of the President Olusegun Obasanjo Speaking […]
…Seeks revisit of Justice Obiora commission’s report The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the N60billion allegedly looted by some political office holders and civil servants from the coffers of the defunct Nigeria Airways. To this end, the House resolved to reveal and make public, the […]
The Federal Government has said the former workers of the liquidated Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) whose accounts have been verified would be credited with their entitlements this week, adding that the exercise, which was meant to end on Monday, October 22, has been extended by additional one week to attend to all qualified beneficiaries. Minister […]
…Constitutes panel to probe how fortunes of rested airline dwindled …Verification of ex-Airways workers for payment of severance benefits begins As the Federal Ministry of Finance begins the payment of severance benefits to former workers of Nigeria Airways Limited this week, the Federal Government is set to initiate the prosecution of persons indicted in the […]
On Monday September 24, 2018 the Supervising Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate release of N22.68 billion for the payment of outstanding retirement benefits due to the ex-workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways. It is painful that the approval came 15 years after the Nigeria Airways […]
…Approves N20bn for ASUU for public varsities funding Fifteen years after the Nigeria Airways was liquidated, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate release of N22.68 billion for the settlement of outstanding retirement benefits due to the ex-workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways. Nigeria Airways Limited, which was the nation’s carrier founded in 1958 after […]
AS part of activities marking workers day, the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) Tuesday, issued government a seven-day ultimatum to pay the N45 billion severance benefits of former workers of Nigeria Airways Limited or have the unions to contend with. The National President of ATSSSAN, Comrade Illitrus Ahmadu disclosed this while […]
The federal government has begun efforts to re-establish the national carrier, some 13 years after it liquidated the former national carrier, Nigeria Airways. The former national carrier was liquidated following its mismanagement, government control and undue interference in its affairs, resulting in huge debts and depletion of its fleet. This time around, the government has […]
Former workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways yesterday, staged a protest at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, following what they called the prolonged delay and uncertainty over the payment of the N45bn pension approved for them last year by President Muhammadu Buhari. The ex workers blocked the road linking the International wing with the […]
* Lament members are dying in droves Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo The Nigeria Airways branch of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), on Monday, decried the delay of payment of N45 billion pension arrears owed by the Federal Government. Their complain is coming after one month the approval was announced by Federal Executive Council meeting of 20th […]
The former Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren, said that by 2050, Africa would be the centre place for global aviation industry; while Nigeria would be centre of attraction. He made this assertion recently at the colloquium organised by Nigerian Travels Mart at Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos titled: ‘Vision 2050: […]
From all indications, the federal government is set to pay workers of the liquidated Nigeria Airways staff their full benefits about 13 years after liquidation. Daily Times investigations revealed that the government has done all necessary verifications to ensure payment of the workers whose over 30 percent had died as a result of various ailments […]