Aviation workers to shut down airports over revenue cut

Aviation workers have announced plans to shut down airports across Nigeria on Wednesday, August 21, 2024 over the Federal Government’s 50% reduction in their revenue.

The workers announced their plan to protest in a circular dated Wednesday, August 14, 2024 and signed by Comrades Ocheme Aba, Frances Akinjole, Abdul Rasaq Saidu, Sikiru Waheed and Olayinka Abioye.

“All workers of the NCAA, FAAN, NAMA, NiMet, NCAT and NSIB, joined by solidarity of all aviation workers are hereby directed to embark on peaceful protests at all airports nationwide on Wednesday August 21, 2024 to demand the discontinuation of deduction of 50% from the internally generated revenue of the agencies mentioned above through exemption,” the circular read.

“All efforts on our part have failed to impress it upon the Federal Government that all the agencies are cost recovery, and not profit making organisations.

“As such they cannot survive on half of their incomes under any model of administration, or any other guise whatsoever.

“Information available to us indicates that some important safety critical activities of the agencies are grinding to a halt under the yoke of the deductions.

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“It has, therefore, become incumbent on us as trade unions and workers in aviation to let the public and the government be aware that we shall bear no responsibility in the certain event that the industry becomes dysfunctional as a result of financial incapacity due to the deductions at source.”

They have, therefore implored all state councils, women commissions/committees, youth councils and branches of their unions nationwide to fully mobilise for, and ensure full compliance and success of the peaceful protests.