Aviation Workers Union has disclosed plans to embark on a one-day warning strike to protest 50 per cent deduction from the  Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) of aviation agencies.

The union, in a circular titled, ‘Save Aviation from Collapse – Notice of Nationwide Protest’ issued yesterday,  said the strike action would take place on August 21, adding that they planned to shut down airline and airport operations on the day of the protest.

The notice was signed by the General Secretary of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Ocheme Abba; Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP), Abdulrasaq Seidu; the National Association of Aircraft Pilots Engineers (NAAPE); Olayinka Abioye;  the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service, Technical and Recreational Services Employees, (ATSSSN), Francis Akinjole; and the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (AUCPTRE), Sikiru Waheed.

It read: “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 per cent from the internally generated revenue of the agencies mentioned above through exemption.”