Workers of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency have appealed to the National Assembly to ensure that the Federal Government increases the agency’s share of the Ticket Service Charge to 40 per cent, arguing that adequate funding is essential to safeguard Nigeria’s airspace and ensure the safety of millions of air travellers.
The demand came as the agency’s in-house unions also rejected calls for the privatisation or commercialisation of NAMA, insisting that Nigeria’s airspace is a sovereign national asset that must remain under government control because of its strategic security and safety implications.
A bill before the National Assembly seeking to review the Ticket Sales Charge sharing formula has sparked controversy across the aviation industry, with NAMA’s management and staff arguing that their expanding responsibilities make an increase in the agency’s share of the TSC imperative.
The workers, through unions—the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals and the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees, made their position known in a joint statement issued on Monday.
