There may be some security challenges across the country’s airports from tomorrow, August 16th,2023 as all Security workers in Aviation and Logistics employees have been instructed to suspend their services begining from tomorrow.
According to the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) in a circular issued and signed by its General Secretary, Comrade Ocheme Aba with copies sent to the chief executive officer of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Commissioner of Police at the airport and the State Security Service, titled: ‘Circular Letter To All Aviation Security and Logistics Employers in Nigeria’, the union informed of the notice of withdrawal of services.
The notice of the withdrawal of services according to the union was based on the continuous impoverishment of employees of aviation security and logistics sub-sector of the aviation sectornin Nigeria.
The circular partly stated:
“As you are all aware, the union has done everything possible to resolve the lingering crisis of extreme impoverishment of employees of Aviation Security (AvSec) & logistics sub-sector of the aviation industry in Nigeria, but to no avail.
“The managements of all the companies in the business have all failed to secure decent contracts that can avail fair remuneration for their workers. With current salary levels as low as N30,000 a month for graduates, there is no gain saying that AvSec employment in Nigeria is nothing other than a slave labour camp; to call a spade a spade.
“This situation can no longer be allowed to continue.
“In this regard, and further to our letter of ultimatum dated 26th June, 2023, all workers in all Aviation Logistics companies in Nigeria are hereby directed to totally withdraw services as from August 16, 2023 indefinitely, until our demand for fair remuneration is met.
“Please note that only the National Secretariat of NUATE is authorized to issue any further directives on this matter.
“State Councils and Branches of NUATE in Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt and Enugu are hereby directed to be on hand to assure full compliance with this notice.”
Following the directives, all the strategic places hitherto manned by the security officials may be left unattended to due to the noticebof service withdrawals.
