Flights resume in Nigerian airports as unions return to work, give another deadline to resolve issues

• After 2 days of aggregate formation cancellations and delays, NiMET workers person suspended the strike
• Other airdrome unions that joined successful the onslaught person taken the aforesaid route, with the enactment of resuming the onslaught connected a aboriginal date
• The workers person communicated their grievances to the national government, and are waiting to spot tangible results earlier the acceptable date

Legit.ng journalist Ruth Okwumbu-Imafidon has implicit a decennary of acquisition successful concern reporting crossed integer and mainstream media.

Two days into the announced strike, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) workers person called disconnected the onslaught successful airports crossed the country.

The onslaught was called disconnected successful effect to the national government’s intervention, but the national has insisted that it would resume the onslaught astatine a aboriginal day if the issues are near unaddressed.

Mr. Tunde Moshood, the Special Adviser connected Media and Communications to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, shared this update successful a statement.

Flight schedules tin present resume usually arsenic the NiMET workers person returned to work. Photo credit: Nurphoto
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The connection added that the concern enactment is suspended until May 13, 2025.

Some days ago, NiMET workers declared a nationwide strike, withdrawing their services successful each airports crossed Nigeria from midnight connected Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

They besides called connected different airdrome unions, including the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP), to amusement solidarity to their cause, and enactment them connected their mission.

Subsequently, a protestation was staged astatine the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano state, by airdrome workers determination to enactment the NiMET workers and importune connected the contiguous implementation of the caller nationalist minimum wage, among others.

Aviation Minister convenes gathering with stakeholders

The Minister for Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, convened a gathering with the stakeholders and national representatives connected Thursday to code the issues, and the determination to suspend the onslaught came afterwards, the SUN reports.

The X post from the Minister’s peculiar advisor connected integer media, Gbenga Saka, said the gathering had leaders of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), led by Ochema Abba (General Secretary) and the Deputy President, the President General of the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP), Alale Adebayo and the Chairman, Comrade Ambore Samson (Chairman).

National Secretary of NUATE, Aba Ocheme, confirmed the determination successful a statement. He said;

“We person resolved to suspend the ongoing onslaught till May 13, 2025, successful designation of the Minister’s timely and sincere intervention. We await the advancement of the actions helium has committed to take.”

Why airdrome unions went connected onslaught

NiMET unit raised respective issues and unresolved grievances cardinal among which are the non-implementation of the 2019 consequential accommodation to the nationalist minimum wage (with astatine slightest 30 omitted staff), mediocre remuneration successful narration to different aviation agencies, demands for a 25 to 35% wage increase, and request for 40% hardship/peculiar allowances earlier agreed upon.

They besides complained that the NiMET absorption was ignoring captious unit grooming meant to beryllium conducted annually, and respective different benefits owed to the staff.

The national besides noted that the earlier issued ultimatum had been ignored, and with the ultimatum expiring connected April 16, the onslaught became the adjacent indispensable move.

FG intervenes to halt the strike

Among the steps taken to code the issues, Festus Keyamo assured the workers that ceremonial communications had been sent to President Bola Tinubu and Mr. Wale Edun, the Minister for Finance, to code the fiscal concerns.

Keyamo besides stated that besides committed to mounting up a ministerial committee, headed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, to interface with the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, to code the wages, allowances and related matters.

The onslaught started connected the midnight of Tuesday, April 22 causing a large disruption to formation schedules. Photo credit: Nurphoto
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He expressed optimism that they would grounds notable advancement to appease the workers earlier May 13.

Air travellers stranded owed to the unions' strike

In related news, Legit.ng reported that aerial travellers astatine the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, were stranded connected Wednesday, April 23.

This was owed to the strike from the NiMET workers and different airdrome unions that joined them successful solidarity to signifier a protest.

Several flights were cancelled astatine the airport, and galore others were delayed, causing chaos.

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