The Senate on Tuesday directed the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, to stop forthwith, the planned demolition of some Aviation agencies' offices and headquarters in Lagos pending the outcome of intervention being made by its committee on Aviation.
The Senate on Tuesday directed the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, to stop forthwith, the planned demolition of some Aviation agencies’ offices and headquarters in Lagos pending the outcome of intervention being made by its committee on Aviation.
The resolution of the Senate to this effect followed a motion moved by the Aviation chairman, Senator Biodun Olujimi ), on the urgent need for Senate intervention on the intending warning strike by Aviation Unions. Olujimi in the motion called the attention of the Senate to planned warning strike by the Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals, National Association of Aircrafts Pilots and Engineers etc.
She noted that the strikes have become too many and too frequent to be let low as issues in contention are not new some of which according to her, have lingered for over eight years with several agreements signed between the unions and government but not honoured. She pointedly stated that continuous threats of outright demolition of the Aviation agencies in Lagos by the Ministry without making reasonable provisions for befitting alternative offices are making the affected unions fight back through strike actions.
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