East African carrier, Kenya Airways, weekend, sacked 22 out of its 26 Nigerian employees, representing 86.4 percent Nigerian workers in its employ.
The staff were issued the disengagement letters at the airline’s office in Lagos in the presence of stern looking police officers who were engaged by the airline to scare away the affected staff and prevent possible breakdown of law and order.
Only four of its Nigerian staff are retained by the management of the airline after the purge. Those retained are Country Manager, Afeez Balogun, the station manager, and two other staff.
The affected staff were allegedly given only their four weeks wages on disengagement, a situation the industry unions are already frowning at.
It was gathered that the abrupt sack of the Nigerian workers happened when the airline was still negotiating the new condition of service with the industry unions.
