Flight delays and cancellations are expected as aviation labor unions announced on Thursday that they will withdraw their services from airports across the country on April 17 and 18.
The unions are upset about the more than seven-year delay in reviewing their Condition of Service (CoS), which was negotiated between them and four aviation agencies.
Other conditions include the non-implementation of minimum wage consequential adjustments and arrears for the Nigeria Meteorological Agency, NiMet, since 2019, and the Minister of Aviation’s planned demolition of all agency buildings in Lagos for an airport city project.
The unions are upset about the seven-year delay in reviewing their Condition of Service (CoS), which was negotiated between them and four aviation agencies.
Other conditions include the NiMet’s failure to implement minimum wage consequential adjustments and arrears since 2019 and the Minister of Aviation’s planned demolition of all agency buildings in Lagos for an airport city project.
The unions who signed the notice said, they had earlier issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Minister of aviation since February 7, 2023 on the same matter.
According to the notice, the ultimatum had since expired and nothing tangible had been yielded from their efforts.
”Recall our unions as named above issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Honourable Minister of Aviation and specific aviation parastatals since February 7, 2023 over the following demands: non-implementation of minimum wage consequential adjustments and arrears for the Nigeria Meteorological Agency, NiMet since 2019, refusal of the Salaries, Income & Wages Commission, NSIWC and Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, OHCSF, to release the reviewed Condition of Service, CoS, of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT and Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet , as negotiated between our unions and the Agencies, and as duly conveyed by the Federal Ministry of Aviation since upwards of nine years,” the unions said.
The unions have directed all their members to comply with the directive while all state councils, branches and executives have been urged to enforce the directive without compromise.