Organized labour has blocked all entry points to aviation agencies at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, demanding the implementation of a new national minimum wage.
According to The PUNCH, this move has disrupted flight operations at the country’s busiest airports, leaving passengers stranded.
This development follows an aviation union directive issued 24 hours earlier for members to withdraw services across Nigerian airports.
The decision was made during an emergency meeting on Sunday.
On Friday, labour unions announced an indefinite nationwide strike in response to the Federal Government’s refusal to raise the proposed minimum wage from N60,000.
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, declared that the strike would begin at midnight on Sunday, June 2, 2024.
During a joint address with Trade Union Congress leader, Festus Osifo, Ajaero expressed “grave concern and disappointment” over the Federal Government’s failure to finalize and enact a new National Minimum Wage Act and to reverse the hike in electricity tariffs to N65/kWh.
