The Director General, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu has appealed to the National Union of Air Transport Employees, NUATE to shelve its proposed strike planned for August 16.
NUATE had based its decision to embark on the industrial action on the poor remuneration of employees of the Aviation Security (AvSec) and Logistics Sub-Sector.
In a letter addressed to the union, the Director General, Civil Aviation DGCA, Captain Nuhu, asked the union for a week’s extension to address the issue raised by them.
“This will create an opportunity for the Authority to intervene in this dispute and with a view to finding lasting solutions to the issues raised by NUATE. A meeting will be called with the union, private security firms and the airlines”.
He added, “You may wish to note the precarious situation of the aviation industry as such we must all collaborate to avoid making matters worse for all stakeholders”.
General Secretary, NUATE, Comrade Ocheme Aba, who confirmed the receipt of the DGCA’s plea for an extension said, members had been asked to stay action on the strike, which was expected to commence this afternoon.
He stated that this development would have been avoided if the union’s demand had been met after over two years on the matter.
On Tuesday, members of the union in AvSec and Logistics Sub-Sector were directed to embark on a total withdrawal of services indefinitely from August 16, over unfair remuneration.
In a statement the union had said with the current salary levels as low as N30,000 a month for graduates, there was no gain in saying that AvSec employment in Nigeria was nothing other than a slave labour camp and had done everything possible to resolve the lingering crisis of extreme impoverishment of employees of Aviation Security (AvSec) and logistics sub-sector of the aviation industry in Nigeria, but to no avail.
FRCN Abuja/Adetutu Adetule
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