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Nigeria’s airports will be closed for two days as aviation employees launch their second strike this year in protest of working conditions and pay.In an announcement, the unions that represent pilots, engineers, control tower operators, and other airport employees announced that they would skip work for the coming two days due to unpaid arrears and the federal government’s decision to tear down some aviation agencies’ Lagos offices to make way for airport expansion.
Nigeria’s airports will be closed for two days as aviation employees launch their second strike this year in protest of working conditions and pay.In an announcement, the unions that represent pilots, engineers, control tower operators, and other airport employees announced that they would skip work for the coming two days due to unpaid arrears and the federal government’s decision to tear down some aviation agencies’ Lagos offices to make way for airport expansion.
The Union threatened an indefinite strike if the current strike failed to achieve the desired results. The group also deplored other problems the industry is facing, including poor facilities, jet fuel shortages that often-ground domestic flights, and a lack of foreign currency that has seen international carriers failing to repatriate their ticket sales.
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The strike is happening at a time when the aviation sector is picking up and has almost reached the performance level of pre-Covid days. Most airline companies incurred heavy losses on account of the non-operation of their services during the pandemic days. Except for Ethiopian Airlines, the rest of the continent’s airlines were in deep red.
