Aviation Unions Protest Govt’s Concession Of Airports

The three industrial
unions in the nation’s aviation sector, namely Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the National Union of Pensioners (NUP) have kicked against the federal government’s planned concession of Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt airports.
In a joint statement by the unions in Lagos on Wednesday, the unions said that the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) should not be killed in the name of concessioning the airports.
The unions urged the federal government to reconsider such decision in the interest of industrial peace within the sector, stressing that the concession of the airports is a threat to the nation’s security and amounts to economic terrorism.
The unions further urged the government to review FAAN’s concession agreements with Nigerian Companies, B-Courtney Aviation Services Limited and Avitech.
However, The Tide had learnt that the federal government has planned the concession of the four major airports to increase their capacities and efficiency in service delivery.