Unions threaten to shut down Kaduna Airport

Aviation unions under the aegis of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP) and National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) have threatened to shut down the Kaduna Airport in compliance with the strike action declared in Kaduna by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

In an official statement issued on Saturday, addressed to the Managing Director/CEO, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and copied the Kaduna Branch Chairman/Secretariat of NUATE, ANAP and NAAPE, the unions insisted they would proceed with the industrial action from midnight of Sunday, 16th May 2021 to midnight of Friday, 21st May 2021.

The statement said;  “We are constrained to inform you that in compliance with the industrial action declared in Kaduna by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and our unions as above shall proceed to effect the action from the midnight of Sunday, the 16th May, 2021 to midnight of Friday, the 21st of May, 2021.

“Accordingly, all workers at the Kaduna Airport have been directed to withdraw all services at the airport within the stipulated period. In effect, there will be no operations of any kind into, at or out of, the airport within the period.”

The statement titled: “Notice of Strike Action At Kaduna Airport,” was jointly signed by the General Secretary, NUATE, Comrade Ocheme Aba, Secretary General, ANAP, Comrade Abdulrasaq Saidu, and Deputy General Secretary, NAAPE, Comrade Umoh Ofonime.

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