The workers’ unions comprising Air Transport Services Senior
Staff Association of Nigeria; National Union of Air Transport Employees;
Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals and the Nigeria Union of
Pensioners (NUB-FAAN Branch) filed the suit in the Lagos division of the
National Industrial Court on March 14,2023 through their lawyer, Funmi Falana
of Falana and Falana Chambers, a series of court documents obtained by our
correspondent on Thursday in Abuja revealed.
The workers noted that that the Sirika and FAAN do not have
the authority to initiate a concession deal on the Aminu Kano International
Airport, Kano; Port Harcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt; Murtala
Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International
Airport, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory without the consent and authorisation
of the Federal Government, the 36 state governments and the 774 local
government councils.
The workers are seeking an injunction from the court to
restrain Sirika and FAAN from privatising the airports.
“Restrain the defendants (Sirika and FAAN) from determining
the employment of the members of the claimants without complying with the
provisions of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria Act (CAP F5) Laws of
the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
Reviewed Conditions of Service 2021, in any manner, whatsoever and howsoever,”
one of the court documents read.
Sirika in October 2022 formally unveiled the bidders for the
Lagos, Abuja and Kano terminals, signifying the end of the Request for
Proposals phase of the Nigeria Airports Concession Programme.
Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, Sirika said the
bidders emerged after passing through set criteria designed by the Infrastructure
Concession Regulatory Commission and guided by the National Policy of Public
Private Partnership.
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