SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to ground flight operations at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, from Thursday, if the federal government refuses to revert the pump price of petrol to N87 per litre.
Adelegan Solomon, Vice-President of the Ayuba Wabba-led faction of the NLC, and President of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUCPTRE), made this known while addressing protesters at the MMIA.
He declared that Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs) were members of AUCPTRE, adding that arrangements have been perfected to ground flight operations at the airport from Thursday insisting that the N145 per litre announced by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) will further increase the suffering of ordinary Nigerians.
“Today, few planes have taken-off and landed on this airport but by tomorrow, no plane will land or take off. It is operation occupy Lagos State,” Solomon said.
Flight operations were hitch-free on Wednesday despite an early morning protest by the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE).
However, employees of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), resumed at their offices, as directed by the government.
Story by David Oputah
