Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has ordered aviation agencies and airlines to work out repayment plans for outstanding debts owed by the carriers, in a bid to prevent future industrial disruptions in the sector.
In a statement by Mahmud Kambari, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, noted that the minister gave the directive on Thursday after convening an emergency meeting with airline operators, aviation sector unions and heads of aviation agencies.
The meeting followed Tuesday’s industrial action that temporarily disrupted operations of most airlines on Tuesday at some Nigerian airports.
The statement also noted that the meeting also resolved to allow aviation unions direct access to workers of all airlines to distribute unionisation forms, with the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) directed to sanction any airline that prevents such access, but noted that workers had a right to decide not to belong to unions.
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