Unions to shut down aviation activities over 10% non-remittance

The joint unions of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (Nimet) are set to shut down aviation activities on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, as a result of the failure of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) to comply to a ministerial directive on 10 percent remittance.

The Nimet Unions Joint Action Committee (NJAC), in a letter dated June 26, 2026, signed by the Secretaries of AUPCTRE, ANAP and SSASCGOC, Hishaq Ibrahim, Okerafor Romeo and Ogidi John, respectively, with the reference number:

JAC/015/AUPCTRE/ANAP/SSASCGOC and copied the Minister of Aviation and the Director-General, Nimet, accused the management of NAMA of disobeying Festus Keyamo,the Minister of Aviation and Airspace Development, directive.

The unions said the minister had intervened to proffer a solution due to the persistent failure of NAMA to remit 10 per cent of en-route and over-flying charges to Nimet.

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However, the joint unions regretted that despite the minister’s intervention, which directed NAMA’s management to pay the sum within 48 hours, the management had yet to do so.

The unions claimed that the deliberate act by NAMA had paralysed the operational activities within the aerodrome and the staff welfare of Nimet.

To this end, the unions in their meeting held on June 15, 2026, said it reached resolutions to inform the minister of NAMA’s failure to comply to the directive and that within the period of a week, if nothing was done, Nimet staff would proceed on a nationwide strike to press home their demand.

The letter added: “In view of the above resolution, the NJAC in a session hereby inform all our members of the planned protest scheduled to hold on Wednesday, 1st July, 2026 at all Nimet offices nationwide.”

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.