The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, (NAAPE) has threatened to embark on nationwide strike over the non-payment of redundancy benefits to workers that were laid off from Aero Contractors.
It was part of the agreement during the disengagement of the workers that the company would pay the aforementioned benefits but the new Aero management has disclosed that it does not have the funds to fulfil that promise; although it is disposed to paying the benefits when funds are available.
However, speaking at a press conference in Lagos at the weekend, the National President of NAAPE, Abednego Galadima, alleged that the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, (AMCON), the receiver manager of Aero Contractors has not paid workers affected by the redundancy to exercise their benefits till date.
Galadima said: “In defence of the rights of the workers of Aero Contractors, as well as in keeping with our duties and mandate under the laws of Nigeria, (NAAPE) has decided to declare a nationwide strike action in demonstration of our abhorrence of the inhuman treatment being meted to the unfortunate Aero workers.”
He called on the government and other relevant bodies and stakeholders to prevail on AMCON to do the needful with regards to the rights of the workers of Aero Contractors in order to avert the imminent crisis of shutting down Nigeria’s aviation industry.
