Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aeropace Development, Festus Keyamo has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) against disrupting flight operations at the airports.
Keyamo gave the warning at the ministerial retreat organised for ministry, permanent secretary, directors and heads of agencies of the ministry of aviation and aerospace development in Delta on Thursday.
The NLC and Trade Union Congress (TUC) had impeded all flights billed for Owerri, Imo state capital, leaving several passengers stranded at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
The protest followed the alleged maltreatment of NLC President Joe Ajaero.
Reacting to this move, Keyamo said he would not tolerate the activities of the labour leaders who blocked access roads to the airport.
“Please, I want to beg the labour leaders, live aviation alone. You cannot target aviation in trying to address your grievances,” the minister said.
“In targeting the aviation industry you are targeting a global village.
“I am addressing the labour leaders across the country, do not allow the Labour Party (LP) to destroy the labour movement.
“I repeat, do not allow the LP and party politics to destroy the labour movement.
“As a minister, I will not allow the labour movement to target aviation. If they do, I will fight back. They should not bring politics into aviation.
“They can deceive others but they cannot deceive me. So I am appealing that the labour movement should not destroy themselves on the platform of politics.”
