Aviation Unions Suspend Strike, Reopen NCAA Offices

The offices of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority were on Friday reopened for operations following the suspension of the two-day strike by aviation unions.

It was reported by one the national newspaper  that the striking unions were Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the National Union of Air Transport Employees.

Others include the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers.

NAN also reports that the workers began the strike on Wednesday to press for the review of the collapsed organogram which they claimed could lead to redundancy in the agency.

Our  Correspondent  who visited the NCAA headquarters in Lagos on Friday, observed that the gates were open but that activities had yet to pick up due to the strike.

It was also learnt that the strike was suspended after the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, assured the workers that their grievances would be urgently looked into.

The President of ANAP, Mr Kabir Gusau, told NAN that the unions decided to suspend the strike after the meeting with the minister on Wednesday but had to convince the NCAA workers to toe the path of peace.

“Arising from the meeting with the minister on Wednesday night, the unions decided to only suspend the strike for seven days starting from May 22.”