The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has agreed to meet with members of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) over threat by the members to disrupt businesses if letters of promotion due ‘to deserving workers’ were not released.
In a letter signed by Olayinka Abioye, General Secretary of NUATE and copied Permanent Secretary, FMT, General Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress, State Council Secretary, NUATE, Branch Secretaries, NCAA Regions, Commissioner of Police, Airport Command, Director, State Security, Airport Command, the Branch Secretary and all branches nationwide, the members alleged that the Management only ‘promoted a “few” out of the “meritorious lot” that ought to have benefited, thereby creating unnecessary panic, mental agonies and anxiety within the NCAA’, adding that ‘this letter is aimed at getting deserved attention and urgent positive promise to review the exercise in the collective interest of all parties’.
The members alleged further that ‘management violated extant rules, Conditions of Service and NCAA’s Scheme of Service to create an administrative lacuna so much so, that for example, out of five staff that passed an examination, only one would be given letter of promotion’.
The union however, threatened that if by one week, of receiving this letter, ‘the letters are not released to those passed the promotion examination, the peace of the Authority cannot be guaranteed’.
But Sam Adurogboye, NCAA spokesperson told The Travel Port on phone that the Authority will meet with the members to discuss the matter.
“We have the letter, we will engage them with a view to finding solution to it”, he said.
