The federal government recently directed that aviation agencies including the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) should relocate to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and were given 45 days to do so. Government had explained that this would help the agencies streamline […]
Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP) and the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), yesterday seized control of the Murtala Muhammed Airport access gate, Lagos. Following series of meetings between the leadership of the unions and the management of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria […]
Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has reiterated that the establishment of the National Carrier, Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities and implementation of other components of the Aviation Roadmap remain top priorities of the federal government. He said the establishment of a national carrier will position Nigeria to compete with other nations in line with […]
Activities at the headquarters of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) was on Wednesday crippled by strike action organized by that shut down the agency’s premises. The aviation unions embarked on strike at the expiration of the ultimatum given to the management of NCAA directing it to tinker […]
Writer talks about the recent picketing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport domestic terminal in Lagos by aviation unions and the huge loss incurred by airlines and other businesses. Operators have continued to count their losses estimated to be over N500 million, after a recent siege laid on the first privately-funded terminal in Nigeria, the Murtala […]
