Aviation workers have shut down the Murtala Muhammed Local Airport in Lagos State, leaving travellers grounded with flights suspended.
Effectively, all flights into and from the airport have been suspended.
The aviation workers, under the aegis of Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), shut down the airport on Tuesday morning over the sack of some of their members by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL).
Sources confirmed that they took positions at the strategic entrances leading to the terminal building as early as 6:00 am in protest against the sack by BASL of 37 workers including the union executives.
The union, in describing the sack of its members as witch-hunting and willful intimidation, alleged that rather than implementing the conditions of service as agreed with them in 2021, the BASL management had resorted to sacking of its members.
