Aviation professionals reject concession
The Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals said it will rally other unions in the industry to kick against plans by the reappointed Minister of Aviation, Capt Hadi Sirika to concession some airports.
The association said the airports’ concession proposal was ill-timed, unfavourable and dangerous because of insecurity in the country.The association also raised the alarm over the proliferation of airstrips in the country. It warned that safety and security could not be guaranteed in some of them.
Recalled that concession of four airports- Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano in the first phase of the exercise were parts of the six point agenda of Sirika in 2016, but it the industry unions severely kicked against the plan, fearing loss of jobs for its members.
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