Aviation workers in Nigeria have suspended their planned industrial action billed to commence today.
This followed a Memorandum of Settlement reached by the workers and the Federal Ministry of Aviation in the early hours of Tuesday.
Both parties signed the agreement at the end of a conciliation meeting held at the instance of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment and headed by the Minister, Senator Chris Ngige.
The non-implementation of the Minimum Wage consequential adjustment in the aviation parastatals since 2019 and the non-approval/release of the reviewed conditions of service in the parastatals were discussed at the meeting.
Briefing journalists on the agreements reached, Ngige said, “The National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission was requested to issue a service wide circular informing all organisations in the public and private sectors that they are bound to implement the National Minimum Wage of 2019/consequential adjustments.
“The Ministry of Aviation is to circulate the circular on the consequential minimum wage adjustment to all the agencies under the supervision of the ministry, requesting them to implement the National Minimum Wage consequential adjustment without any further delay and also clarify that this payment became effective from April 18, 2019, when the Minimum Wage was signed into law.”
