Organized labor has blocked all entry points to aviation agencies at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. This action is part of their demands for the implementation of a new National Minimum Wage.
As a result, flight operations at these major airports have been disrupted, leaving airlines and passengers stranded at the entrances.
This disruption comes less than 24 hours after aviation unions directed their members to withdraw services across Nigerian airports following an emergency meeting held on Sunday.
On Friday, organized labor announced an indefinite nationwide strike in response to the Federal Government’s refusal to raise the proposed minimum wage from N60,000.
Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, stated that the strike would commence at midnight on Sunday, June 2, 2024. In a joint speech with Trade Union Congress counterpart 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 reverse the increase in electricity tariffs to N65/kWh.
