All aviation agencies have been locked down by aviation unions in protest of the federal government’s plan to demolish the agencies’ headquarters at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in order to give the airport the status of an aerotropolis.
After the government made its announcement, all the unions, including the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSAN), and the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP), mobilized all agency employees as early as 7 am to hold the anti-demolishing rally.
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency will be impacted organizations (NAMA).
The union’s position centered around why a government that will leave office in six months’ time has no right to embark on such a project knowing that it cannot be completed.
As of the time of filing this report, the unions and all the workers have taken over the entrances leading to the two agencies preventing the workers from accessing their offices.