Air traffic controllers (ATCs) under the aegis of the Nigerian
Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), have threatened to embark
on industrial action against the management of the Nigerian Airspace
Management Agency (NAMA) for reneging on the agreement to resolve all
labour disputes between it and the airspace agency.
With the strike in force, the ATCs would shut the Nigerian airspace
to aircraft, with no plane allowed to land or take off, effectively
disrupting all flight operations in the country’s airports.
The strike threat is coming barely 40 days after the first strike
that was to commence on January 19, 2015 was shelved after the
management of NAMA agreed to look into the issues raised by NATCA. The
ATCs condemned the management of NAMA for reneging on the agreement to
resolve all labour disputes between the agency and controllers.
In a statement signed by NATCA president, Victor Eyaru, and
general-secretary, Banji Olawode, the association said, “We have been
finally pushed to the wall and our members should not be blamed for
whatever form of protest embarked upon to get the signed agreements
actualized.”
Meanwhile, NAMA has agreed to meet the demands of ATC. At the end of a
meeting between the supervising minister of Labour and productivity,
Kabiru Tanimu, and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation,
Mohammed Abass, it was resolved that the issues raised were right.
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