Keyamo, NiMET Workers Meet In Abuja

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo met with protesting workers of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMET.

NiMET workers are protesting over poor working conditions.

However, the meeting between Keyamo and NiMET workers is holding in Abuja.

The meeting aims to address the workers’ concerns over the non-implementation of the new national minimum wage, ignoring requests to include omitted staff in past allowances, and neglecting key training programmes, among other issues.

In attendance is the Director General, NiMET, Officials of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, the National Union of Transport Employees, and other key stakeholders.

A brief opening session took place, after which members moved into a closed session.

Other unions present at the ongoing meeting are Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees, Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals, National Union of Air Transport Employees, among others.

The ongoing strike by NiMET workers had led to the disruption of flight activities at local airports.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, had cancelled flights nationwide following the strike that commenced two days ago.

I’m a viral video, Onyema was heard saying: “If NiMET has not called off the strike, cancel every Air Peace flight now with immediate effect.

“People’s lives and the safety of our equipment and our crew are foremost.

“I don’t care if other airlines are flying. Suspend every Air Peace flight nationwide. Look at the thunderstorm everywhere.

“Look at the kind of weather we are going into, and NiMET, which is supposed to provide these things, is on strike, and we are flying. Suspend all flights with immediate effect, until further notice, until that strike is over, safety first.”