With poor and obsolete airport infrastructure, airlines threatened by high cost of operation and agencies laden with over bloated workforce, key stakeholders in the aviation sector on Friday called on the federal government to declare a state of emergency in the industry. The stakeholders in various presentations ventilated their frustrations with what they referred to […]
Despite stiff opposition, especially by aviation unions, if well-managed, concession could be the remedy for Nigeria’s airport infrastructure challenges. Occasionally, Airport Council International (ACI) tends to support government and its agencies owning airports and related facilities. There was a time ACI argued that privatising airports could cost an air traveller more because when airports are […]
by Yakubu Dati Last Tuesday, September 13,2016,the Minister of State, Aviation, Sen Hadi Sirika landed in Lagos from a trip and immediately moved to settle a trade dispute between Aero Contractors and its workers. When he got to the airline’s headquarters, the situation had even become worse as the workers were on a protest, over the […]
On Tuesday, workers under the aegis of two unions- National Union of Air Transport Employees, (NUATE) and Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association, (ATSSSAN) staged protests against the planned concession of four international airport terminals by the federal government. The protesters caused traffic gridlock on the link road between the domestic and international wings of […]
The federal government’s plan to concession airport facilities, has elicited interest from global airport managing companies which see Nigeria as an investment haven. Since the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator HadiSirika made public, government’s intension to concession the four major airports in Nigeria, interested investors have started jostling for investments in the aviation sector despite […]
