The unions are the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP), Aeronautical Information Services Association of Nigeria (AISAN) and the National Association of Air Traffic Engineers (NAAE). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unions had earlier at a meeting with the management of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) dissociated themselves from the strike.
NAN aviation correspondents, who monitored
the situation at both the international and domestic wings of the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, observed normal flight operations by
airlines. As at 9.30am, over 20 local
and international flights had lifted and landed at the airport signifying that
the unions had not joined the strike.
NAN reports that the ULC issued the strike
notice following government failure to recognise the body as a labour
federation despite allegedly fulfilling all conditions stipulated by law. According
to it, the failure of government to recognise the group violates the
Constitution of Nigeria which guarantees freedom of association, and the Trade
Union Act. It said that government had thus excluded Congress, which has over
20 registered trade unions, from its intended discussion with labour on the
issue of national minimum wage. (NAN)
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