Unions in the aviation sector have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, over the prolonged delay in implementing a new salary structure for workers under the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA).
They threatened to totally withdraw the services of NAMA workers if the issue is not resolved, a development capable of shutting down operations in the country’s aviation sector.
In a joint letter dated 31 July 2025, the unions expressed frustration that despite concluding negotiations with the management of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) over eight months ago, agreed salary adjustments remain unimplemented.
The letter was signed by the General Secretaries of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, National Union of Air Transport Employees, Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals, and the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees.
The ultimatum, which expires on 7 August, warns of a total withdrawal of services by aviation workers if the issue is not resolved. The unions lamented that the salary adjustment negotiation had been concluded with the agency’s management but regretted that its outcome had not been implemented in the past eight months.
They said their ‘rank and file members’, especially through their professional associations, had expressed in writing their frustrations against the non-implementation of the salary adjustments agreement over the months.
The letter partly reads, ‘Recognising that notice of ultimatum has already been issued and served by our branches, which our national unions have adopted; a seven-day notice of withdrawal of services from today, Thursday, the 31st day of July, 2025, is hereby issued’.
The unions threatened that by the expiration of the ultimatum, should the situation persist, all workers in NAMA will commence a withdrawal of their services nationwide. The unions advised every NAMA client to be aware of the notice.
