Aviation unions threaten fresh strike at NiMet over unfulfilled agreement

By Dickson Omobola

Six months aft unit of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, suspended their onslaught aft Federal Government intervened, aviation unions person warned the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, that nonaccomplishment to honour their statement could origin different concern action.

Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Air Transport Employees, NUATE, Odinaka Igbokwe, and Secretary General of Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals, ANAP, Abdul Rasaq Saidu, successful a missive addressed to Keyamo connected October 2, 2025, said outstanding equilibrium of 9 months of 2019 minimum wage arrears and outgo of the omitted 30 unit of the 2019 minimum wage, among others, had not been resolved.

However, they warned that if these issues lingered until adjacent week Wednesday, the onslaught enactment would beryllium resumed.

The connection reads: “You would callback that workers successful NiMet led by our unions embarked connected a onslaught enactment connected April 22, 2025, to property location the demands for improved conditions which included wage relativity, minimum wage implementation, 9 months arrears of Consequential adjustment, 25-35 per cent wage grant and peculiar allowance, subsistence benefit, yearly unit training, declaration staffing and engagement of peculiar advisers/special assistants successful NiMet, NiMet Salary Structure (CONNIMet), reappraisal of conditions of service, among others.

“But the curate graciously intervened and apprehended the substance done a gathering connected April 24, 2025, which led to the signing of a solution by parties involved, and the consequent suspension of the onslaught action.

Unfortunately, we person received a missive from our in-house unions dated September 15, 2025, calling for our urgent involution connected NiMet’s lingering issues which see outstanding equilibrium of 9 months of 2019 minimum wage arrears and outgo of the omitted 30 unit of the 2019 minimum wage, adoption of wage relativity, non-compliance with the authoritative circular from the Permanent Secretary connected the assignment and declaration engagement of peculiar assistants, idiosyncratic assistants and different declaration unit wrong the agency.

“It is disheartening and rather worrisome that these issues person lingered for excessively agelong contempt respective interventions and assurances from the government. We privation to categorically authorities that the workers person demonstrated capable maturity by remaining peaceful and loyal, and person workout tremendous patience which has present tally out.

“If these issues are not urgently addressed connected oregon earlier October 15, 2025, the unions volition beryllium near with nary different enactment but to resume the earlier suspended onslaught action.”

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