Senior executives of the Nigerian Air Transport Service began protesting at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Terminal 2 in Lagos on Tuesday against the layoffs of 37 workers by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited .
Centurion Aviation Safety and Security Consultants CEO John Ojikutu in a message to our correspondent said the protest, currently taking place at ATSSSAN’s MMA2 Terminal, has resulted in passengers being injured stuck due to the congestion at the station entrance by union .
He continued to express his displeasure with the union protest, adding that it was time for union anarchy to be regulated by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, the governing body. , curb.
“I just learned from a colleague at the MM2 terminal that unions have blocked terminal entrances, denying passengers entry to the terminal to take their flights operated by airlines rather than airlines. not the station operator,” he wrote.
He also said that if there were laws to regulate disruptive passengers, there should be similar laws for disruptive staff and unions, adding that the disruptive staff should be called to order.
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“The NCAA in particular has the absolute powers and authority on civil aviation security in the airports. If there are Civil Aviation Laws for disruptive passengers, there must be similar laws within the Airport Operational Areas for disruptive staff and disruptive staff unions.
“With the trends in the activities of our homegrown terrorists, BH, Bandits, Unknown gunmen, etc, we must be wary of the infiltration of any of these as ‘copycats’ amongst the disruptive staff or unions.
“We witnessed or heard how the EndSARS groups were infiltrated in Lagos two years ago just as the US Embassy has given us Advisory Warnings on possible attacks from our homegrown terrorists groups.
“My knowledge and experience in aviation security tell me always that civil aviation is always on the top lists of targets for attacks by the terrorists.
“What is happening around us now needs more vigilant attention than what is showing out now at the Lagos Airport MM2. Let us urgently call the disruptive staff to order.
“Let them carry their grievances to the offices of their employer and not to the passengers terminal building. A word is enough for the wise.”
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