Airport Workers Disobeyed Court Order By Disrupting Flight Operations – NAHCo

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCo), has reacted to the ongoing strike action at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, slamming its workers for embarking on such action despite a subsisting Court order restraining them against doing so.

It could be recalled that hundreds of passengers were, on Monday morning, stranded at the Airport as NAHCo workers begun a strike action over alleged salary payment issues.

However, in a press statement by the company on Monday, a copy of which was made available to LEADERSHIP, NAHCo stated that it has started engaging the aggrieved unions and their members in other to put an end to the disruption of flight services.

NAHCo, however, acknowledged that some of its clients were being put through a difficult situation by the insistence of some workers to embark on strike.

“We regret all the inconveniences,” the group executive director, Dr. Olusola Obabori, stated, adding that “the Company is already engaging the Unions and other stakeholders and are positive the situation would be resolved within hours.”

He further said, “We understand the power of negotiation. The Company which has arguably the best welfare package among the local players in the aviation industry will do all that is absolutely necessary to make its workforce happy even as it delights its customers.

“This situation would be resolved speedily as it is detrimental to the staff, the Company, and its esteemed clients.”

It would be recalled that aviation unions, NUATE and ATSSSAN had last week gave a five-day notice of strike to NAHCo management, citing slow progress in negotiation for a salary review.

The Company, which just promoted about 2,000 members of its workforce, asked that accelerated negotiation be continued in February to enable the company to stabilise from the financial effect of the recent promotions.