• Passengers stranded in Lagos, Abuja, face traffic snarl
• Ministry flays action, warns against day-two total shutdown plans
Aviation workers’ unions, yesterday, made good their threat to withdraw services from airports nationwide, in protest against non-implementation of Condition of Service (CoS), and other welfare-related issues.
The two-day warning strike, which continues today, led to partial grounding of flight operations, with massive disruptions.
The Guardian learnt that a late Sunday night negotiation and concession by the Federal Government to the aggrieved workers was rejected.
And as early as 5:00 a.m., at Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, yesterday, scores of unionists blocked vehicular access into the airport terminals and surrounding aviation agency offices, causing heavy traffic around Ikeja and environs.
With determined travellers forced to walk a distance to meet…
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