Former workers of the liquidated
national carrier, Nigeria Airways Limited, yesterday urged the Federal
Government to pay their 20 years’ severance benefits.
They said their colleagues in other
countries had received their benefits nine years ago.
The workers gathered for prayers at
the secretariat of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of
Nigeria (ATSSSAN) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road, Ikeja, under
the aegis of the Aviation Union Grand Alliance (AUGA).
They mandated the Trade Union
Congress (TUC) and other unions to write President Goodluck Jonathan on their
plight.
One of the union leaders, Comrade
Ibrahim Husseini, said the government would need about N70 billion to offset
the severance benefits of the former workers and pensioners, which had been
pending in the last nine years.
Husseini described the attitude of
the government to the plight of the former workers and its refusal to pay them
their dues as gross insensitivity.
He said many had died because they did not have money for their health care.
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