streets to protest the wicked acts of their proprietor,Jimoh Ibrahim.
Mr Ibrahim abruptly shut down the airline,Wednesday for one year
with effect from Monday,September 10 and terminated the
employment of 550 members of his staff,leaving only 50 for their loyalty.Click on read more to continue...
He said his actions arose from ''staff disloyalty and environmental
tension which is not conducive for business in the aviation sector''.
In a statement signed by staff members,they pointed out that Mr
Ibrahim cannot unilaterally sack all the staff on the pages of the
newspapers without following due process as contained in their
employment contract.
They also noted that Air Nigeria is owing its staff four months
salary,Mr Ibrahim has not been remitting pensions deducted monthly from their salaries to PFA.Mr Ibrahim has not remitted
taxes collected from them to the authorities.Air Nigeria is owing
Air Nigerian Cooperative Society N56million in members personal
savings.
They also claimed that no plans have been put in place for all
passengers who have bought tickets to London who will be flying
into and out of London from 10th September onward.Today's
peaceful protest will start at 8am and the workers plan to protest
from MM2,Lagos to the office of the Director-General of the
Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority.
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