Aviation unions suspend planned airport protest

The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) has announced that the planned airport protest scheduled to be held on 18th September 2024 has been suspended.

The aviation unions across the country had earlier announced their intention to embark on a peaceful protest on September 18, 2024, to demand an end to the deduction of 50 per cent from the internally generated revenue (IGR) of various agencies in the industry.

In an earlier statement signed by the secretaries General of the unions, the protest which was supposed to take place across all airports nationwide, was in response to the failure of the Federal Government to exempt these agencies from the deductions.

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However, in a letter signed by Olayinka Olu Abioye, general secretary of NAAPE, and addressed to members of the union on Tuesday, he stated that consequent upon information available to the association about the ongoing discussion by higher authorities over the continued deduction of 50 per cent by the Federal government, the planned protest has been suspended.

Abioye said the protest is suspended pending the outcome of the discussions which shall be communicated to everyone.

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.