LAGOS – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has known as on the business unions to embrace dialogue with the federal government over the deliberate concession of some airports and wage evaluation calls for.
The unions; Affiliation of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP), Air Transport Companies Senior Employees Affiliation of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and the Nationwide Union of Air Transport Staff (NUATE), throughout its congress final week on the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, kicked in opposition to the concession paperwork, which emanated from the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Growth.
The unions, subsequently, issued a 14 days ultimatum to the Federal Authorities to reverse its resolution.
However, Mrs. Obiageli Orah, Director, Public Affairs and Client Safety, FAAN, in an announcement on Sunday, mentioned the unions throughout the employees congress, had raised issues over the non-inclusion of their members within the ongoing airports concession committee deliberations, delay within the implementation of the negotiated consequential adjustment of the brand new minimal wage amongst others.
She expressed that these points had been offered to Mr. Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Growth, throughout an interactive assembly with aviation unions held on Friday, twenty eighth February, 2025 in Lagos.
In line with her, the minister had directed instant inclusion of the unions’ representatives within the concession committee to make sure transparency, emphasising that the unions received full info because the concession course of was ongoing.
Keyamo additionally assured the unions that he would additionally step-in to make sure the instant implementation of the brand new wage evaluation for employees of FAAN.
The assertion added: “FAAN stays resolute in the direction of implementing her core values. The authority can also be working with the Honourable Minister and Aerospace Growth, to take care of cordial relations with the aviation unions as steady dialogue and understanding are higher options in addressing industrial points.”
Recalled that through the congress, all FAAN workplaces and gates had been locked, whereas no employee was allowed into the company.
Addressing the employees, Comrade Ben Nnabue, the President of NUATE, mentioned the unions learnt that the federal government was going forward to concession some airports in a way that was not identified to any of them.
He mentioned the minister had informed them that he was not going into concessions, however that the unions had been stunned to see paperwork on concession from the ministry.
Nnabue mentioned the unions had misplaced confidence within the administration of the companies attending conferences with the minister.
Additionally, Comrade Adebayo Alale, President of ANAP, mentioned the minister informed all of the union leaders that each one labour points could be resolved earlier than concession
Alale mentioned the method of concessioning of Enugu airport was virtually concluded whereas that of Port Harcourt and Kano had additionally been deliberate.
