Nigerian Air Online page visitors Controllers Threaten Strike After Colleague’s Loss of life

Nigerian Air Online page visitors Controllers’ Association has lamented sad working prerequisites and threatened industrial motion following the death of their colleague, Aniekan Effiong Inuk, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Global Airport, Abuja.

The group in a assertion jointly signed on Tuesday by their President and Secretary, Abayomi Agoro and Agbonlahor Felix acknowledged in the final two years, they hold got lost 9 participants on appealing carrier due to emphasize-connected health concerns which appear associated with sad working prerequisites and inadequate staffing.

The affiliation gave an ultimatum of two weeks taking off from the date of the click unencumber for his or her calls for to be addressed in every other case, they acknowledged, “we won’t guarantee industrial solidarity,”

They also introduced the graduation of three-hour circulate alter for 2 days to press home their calls for.

The three-hour circulate alter methodology flights will likely be delayed with many passengers stranded throughout the airports from as of late.

“Nigerian Air Online page visitors Controllers’ Association (NATCA) rose from an emergency meeting conveyed over the tragic, painful, and avoidable exit of one of our diligent and devoted colleague, Mr. Aniekan Effiong Inuk in the early hours of Monday November 22, 2021.

“Several appeals to administration and other stakeholders in the industry and inactions by appropriate managers on communiqués from the Association’s past Annual Overall Meetings had did now not tackle the factors.

“The death of Mr. Aniekan Effiong Inuk on appealing responsibility at Abuja airport whose sad event isn’t any longer unconnected with the unavailability of an operational automobile to dart him to a clinic in file time amongst others is one too many.

“Which potential that reality, Air Online page visitors Controllers are embarking on a three (3) hours circulate alter for 2 days, 23rd and 24th November 2021 from 0600UTC to 0900UTC to register our displeasure and call the consideration of relevant authorities and the general public to quick tackle our concerns with out extra prolong,” the assertion read in piece.

The Association calls for that NAMA administration and relevant authorities also can silent as we declare end the next:

That fully devoted operational vehicles be offered to Air Online page visitors Preserve watch over for the four predominant airports in Nigeria (Abuja Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kano) and to every other airport where ATC operational automobile is critically wanted.
That ATC Operational rooms are equipped with ample and quality ATC operational chairs and headsets.
That no longer decrease than 500 ATCOs be recruited to tackle the serious dearth in ATC manpower interior the next two years starting with 70 recruits interior the next three (3) months.
Approve and implement a 500% upward overview of the annual ATC medical allowance to enable ATCOs end comprehensive medical overview among others.
That ALL Air Online page visitors controllers be enrolled in an enhanced comprehensive health and lifestyles insurance schemes that will meet their health wants.
That a archaic medical emergency kits be offered in any admire ATC items and a yearly Smartly being Safety Ambiance (HSE) coaching functions for ATCOs be conducted.
That every particular person ATC communique services and tools, most especially, the VHF radios and SATCOM links be holistically rectified in other to tackle the perennial communique concerns encountered in Nigerian airspace.
That the personnel deployed to ATC from other departments who had been stagnated on the equivalent grade stage for over seven (7) years be positioned on their appropriate grade ranges having fulfilled all requirements to be Air Online page visitors Controllers.
That every particular person appropriate managements also can silent as we declare approve and implement an upward overview of the remunerations of contract ATCOs to assemble for them to compose Aerodrome and Plot rating allowances.
That the finest administration also can silent as we declare liaise with the Federal Ministry of Aviation and other relevant executive bodies to honest the anomalies noticed in the no longer too lengthy ago licensed ATC Plot of Service to permit for implementation in a expose to assemble rid of the stagnation of Air Online page visitors Controllers.
That the finest administration also can silent as we declare liaise with the Federal Ministry of Aviation and relevant executive bodies to assemble particular ATCOs retire with their plump month-to-month wage as pension.