Aviation workers in the country have declared nationwide protest to hold today, Monday, September 12, 2022.
The workers are operating under the banners of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE); Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria ( ATSSSAN) ; Association of Nigerian Association Professionals (ANAP); Amalgamated Unions of Public Corporations; Civil Service Technical & Recreational Services Employees ( AUPCTRE), and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) ,
In a joint statement issued on Sunday by Ochema Aba (NUATE), Francis Akinjole (ATSSSAN), Abdul Razaq Saidu (ANAP), Sikiru Waheed (AUPCTRE), and Umoh Ofonime (NAAPE) aviation workers were directed to “embark on peaceful rallies/public demonstrations at all airports in Nigeria to demand the expunging of obnoxious Essential Services clauses from the Bills/Acts of the aviation agencies.”
They agencies, according to them include the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology and the Accident Investigation Bureau.