It was gathered that airports across the country are to be shut
down on Monday, October 26, as the two leading unions in the sector on
Thursday, October 22, threatened to shut down Nigerian Civil Aviation
Authority, NCAA by midnight on Sunday.
The unions, National Union of Air Transport Employees, NUATE, and
National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, NAAPE, in a
letter dated 21st October, 2015 to their members accused NCAA of not
adhering to the condition of service with respect to promotion of
workers and other welfare issues.
The letter jointly signed by Secretary General, NUATE and Secretary
General NAAPE, Comrades Olayinka Abioye and Aba Ocheme threatened to
shut down the agency from midnight Sunday till further notice.
The unions insisted that the withdrawal of service by the workers
became expedient in order to safeguard the integrity of NCAA’s condition
of service.
The unions stated that the action of the Director- General of NCAA,
Capt. Muhtar Usman breached section 3.4 of condition of service, adding
that all efforts to discuss with the management had been futile.
The letter added: “By the copy of this notice, the general
public is hereby informed of this development and the implications that
all safety regulations activities of the NCAA will be unavailable from
that time and date. The above notice will remain in force until
otherwise directed by the secretariat of our unions.”