Passengers Stranded As Aviation Workers Begin Strike

Activities in the aviation sector of Nigeria have been halted with several passengers stranded as Aviation Unions today begin their two-day warning strike.

Members of the unions have blocked the entrance to the Murtala Muhammad Airport domestic terminal, leaving many passengers stranded.

This falls on the heels of a meeting called by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority which ended in a stalemate with the unions insisting on going ahead with the strike.

The Director-General, Civil Aviation, Capt. Musa Nuhu, called the meeting targeted at prevailing on the unions to shelve their planned two-day warning strike with representatives of the unions in attendance.

The unions consists the National Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria; the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers and the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals.

They are demanding, among other things, that the planned demolition of aviation agencies’ headquarters in Lagos be stopped while also advocating the implementation of conditions of service signed with the staff of the aviation agencies.