Three aviation unions have demanded the redeployment of the Area Controller Pilgrims and Cargo Terminal (PCT) and all the Custom officers involved in the assault on the Director of Aviation Security Services, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), within 14 days
In a statement made available to the media smd signed by Comrade Ogbe John branch secretary Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), Comr. Agbor John , Secretary Lagos Branch, National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Comrade Emmanuel Okon, branch Secretary, Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) urged government to clearly define the duties and roles of the custom operation in a bonded warehouse in civil aviation.
The unions also called on government to immediately reduce the numbers of Custom officers operating in civil aviation as obtained globally.
The three unions further called on FAAN management to immediately sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with all paramilitary agencies in the airports, defining scope, roles and responsibilities.
The unions warned that if their demands were not met within fourteen days the unions cannot guarantee industrial peace and harmony.
“The attention of Aviation Unions in FAN has been drawn to yet another Assault on the personnel of the organization by the Nigeria custom services (NCS), this time a high-level officer, the Director Aviation Security Services at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA)”, the statement reads in part.
