NUATE embarks on nationwide protest over delay of release

The National Union of Air Transport Employees Unions (NUATE) says it will embark on a nationwide protest over the delay in the release of the conditions of service in all aviation agencies by the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission.

According to a circular to all aviation workers, the decision to embark on the protest was reached after an emergency meeting of all presidents and General secretaries including key officers of the union in Lagos.

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The circular signed by Phillip Nkiru for the General Secretary read; “it was resolved that a nationwide congress of all workers in the aviation industry be converged” to express their dismay over the delay in their conditions of service by the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission.
“By this notice all workers in the aviation industry are enjoined to come out en mass on Friday 14th December 2018, in all their various stations to mobilize, sensitize and protest on the delay of the release of conditions of service in all aviation agencies, namely Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), among others.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.