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Arik boss seeks Sirika’s intervention over looming strike

Arik Boss Seeks Sirika’s Intervention Over Looming Strike

September 13, 2020 11:36 am

Arik Air management has asked the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to intervene over the planned industrial action by aviation unions scheduled to commence on Monday.

Capt. Roy Ilegbodu, the Chief Executive Officer of Arik made the appeal in a letter written to the minister entitled:  “Re-Unions in Arik Air threaten to down tools September 14th”.

Earlier, the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) on Thursday threatened to call Arik Air workers out on a strike on Monday, over alleged non-payment of staff salaries since April after placing …

Your Call For Restructuring Is Too Late - FFK To Obasanjo

Your Call For Restructuring Is Too Late – FFK To Obasanjo

March 9, 2020 5:43 am
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, has told former President Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), and erstwhile military commander, Theophilus Danjuma, to shun the idea of restructuring, adding that nothing will stop self-determination.

Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said the call coming from the elder statesmen, is rather too late now.

He said that the trio had rejected restructuring in 1967 at Aburi and instead, decided to fight Igbos, wondering why the call is coming now when self determination has taken over.

 

He said, “I believe that a lot of

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