Lagos Nigeria, Aviation unions had shunned the directives to shut down the Nigerian airspace as the United Labour Congres begins a nationwide strike. The union comprise of the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals, Aeronautical Information Services Association of Nigeria and the National Association of Air Traffic Engineers.
Report has it that the unions had earlier at a meeting with the management of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency dissociated themselves from the strike. As the strike commence 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.
The Union Labour Congress 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 them, the failure of the government to recognise the group violates the Constitution of Nigeria which guarantees freedom of association, and the Trade Union Act.
