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SAHCOL management to meet with aviation union

National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE)

National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE)

The management of Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCOL) on Tuesday said it was willing to meet with the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) to resolve issues concerning staff welfare.

Mr Basil Agboarumi, General Manager, Corporate Communications, SAHCOL, gave the organisation’s position in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

NAN reports that NUATE had, in a letter signed by its General Secretary, Mr Olayinka Abioye, given the company a 14-day ultimatum to review its workers’ condition of service.

The letter, which was addressed to the Managing Director of SAHCOL, Mr Rizwan Kadri, warned that the workers would embark on a nationwide strike if the firm failed to accede to their demand.

“All concerted efforts of the union formally and informally to bring management to the table has been frustrated severally by your management,” the letter read in part.

However, Agboarumi clarified that there was no breakdown in talks between the management and the union to warrant them issuing the ultimatum.

“Whether you like it or not, staff and management issue is a continuous engagement.

“They wrote and we have not said we will not meet with them.

“But at that time, the managing director was not in town and there were already plans to reschedule a meeting with them.

“The managing director just came in and we are getting ready to fix a meeting with them,’’ he said.

NAN reports that SAHCOL is a leading provider of aviation ground handling support for international and domestic airlines operating within and into Nigerian airports.

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