Workers in the Nigerian aviation industry would resist any planned demolition of the three aviation agencies regional headquarters at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos
They also punctured the purported concession of Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt Airports by Sen. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation and other projects he sought to conclude before the exchange of political baton in May 2023.
They advocated the need for the reversal of the current concession agreement between the Federal Government and Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), the operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos 15 years after the commencement of the agreement.
The unions expressed these during a protest at Freedom Square, close to the office of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) very early on Thursday morning at the Lagos Airport, were in their hundreds.
The workers displayed various placards with inscriptions such as: ‘If labour matter is not resolved, concession cannot take place,’ ‘Demolition of aviation headquarters must be resisted,’ ‘Over more than 50 legal cases on various aspects of operations of the airports are currently in court,’ ‘MMA2 is an example of bad concession,’ ‘Concession is a fraud,’ ‘Government five us our entitlement and take your airport,’ and ‘Enough of personal interest in government property,’ among others.