In a response to the directive of the Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) following last week’s brutalisation of the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, the unions in the aviation industry yesterday, directed the withdrawal of all flights to Owerri, Imo State, from all airports in Nigeria.
The directive is contained in a joint statement issued by the aviation unions including the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE).
The joint statement by their General-Secretaries, including Comrades Ocheme Aba; NUATE, Frances Akinjole; ATSSSAN, Abdul Rasaq Saidu; ANAP and Umoh Ofonime, NAAPE, also declared Governor Hope Uzodimma persona-non-grata in all airports.
According to the NLC, it is not compulsory that the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Imo State is held as planned. Its Head International Relation, Uchenna Ekwe, who said this in an interview on a television programme yesterday, said that the Imo people had been plagued by violence and that the election would not produce anything.
He said that the workers in Imo did not have faith that the election would determine anything.
