According to the Nation, morning operations at the major airports was put on hold as the aggrieved workers took to the airport roads, expressing their displeasure as they marched with placards from the tollgate to other parts of the airport.
The placards had inscriptions like, “Sirika our airports are not for sale.
“Airport concessions will lead to national security breaches”
“Airport concession is economic terrorism”
The workers comprised the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the National Union of Pensioners (NUP) .
This protest resulted from the statement made by the Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika, as he assured that the concession would follow a framework that would cater for the national interest.
The protest is said to be going on concurrently at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, Mallam Aminu Kano Airport, Kano and Port Harcourt Airport.
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They are irresponsible fools following the footsteps of defunct NITEL workers who never wanted Nigeria to introduce GSM but preferred that we remain in the dark age when less than 100,000 telephone lines were functioning. Do Airport workers walk with their eyes closed that they cannot see or feel the advantages of privatisation? They are lazy people who never want changes but the old order of doings things.
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