Employees  of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) have called off their strike following the Federal Government’s intervention.  The workers had, on Wednesday, commenced an indefinite strike over welfare issues, including “NiMet’s refusal to negotiate or implement agreed financial allowances and unresolved entitlements”, as well as wage awards, peculiar allowances and outstanding payments from the 2019 minimum wage.
  
They also accused management of the agency of withholding important documents, ignoring requests for inclusion of omitted staff in past payments, and neglecting key training programmes in favour of executive retreats.
  
However, yesterday, the workers called off the strike following a closed-door meeting between the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, and executives of NiMet.
  
Announcing the suspension of the strike in an X post, Special Adviser on Media to the Minister, Gbenga Saka, said the strike would be called off last night.

“The aviation union to suspend ongoing strike tonight,” the post reads. The strike led to Air Peace grounding all flight operations across the country due to the unavailability of QNH (hazardous weather) reports required for safe landings.
  
A union member told The Guardian that the strike was suspended for two weeks. Speaking during a briefing in Abuja yesterday, the minister disclosed that a consensus was reached on most of the issues presented by the unions. 
  
He emphasised that many of the grievances stemmed from miscommunication and delays in implementing previously approved reforms by a former aviation minister, Prof Babalola Aborisade.
  
He said, “We identified with their struggles. These are legitimate demands, and there was really no contention on most of them. Our workers at NiMet have been patient, and they deserve better. We’ve resolved to take immediate action.”
  
When asked about airlines that continued operating despite NiMet’s withdrawal, the minister clarified that while modern aircraft possess independent weather-reading capabilities, NiMet’s input significantly enhances flight safety. “Would you rather fly with 60 per cent certainty or 99 per cent certainty?”