Flights, businesses resume at MMA2
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nan observed that staffers of airlines banks food court as well as travellers were seen carrying out their businesses without any harassment from union members1 flight operations and businesses on friday resumed at the murtala muhammed airport 2 mma2 lagos following the suspension by aviation unions of the industrial action against the terminal owners1 the agreement was brokered by the nigerian civil aviation authority ncaa and airport security agencies who intervened in the dispute between the two parties1 a copy of the agreement which was signed by mr ola azeez group head human resources and mr rodger whittle group executive director on behalf of basl showed that the company acceded to the demands of the unions1 staff of basl are free as they have always been to exercise their right at association by indicating their willingness to join any of the aviation unions1 the management shall deduct and remit check-off dues as required by law1 the 27 members of the union who were laid off shall be recalled without loss of pay or service and deployed to where their services are required within the resort group1 thereafter the company intends to declare them redundant and is willing to discuss their redundancy benefits with the unions in accordance with section 20 of the labour act1 we hope that the union shall appreciate the olive leaf being offered by basl and accept same with a view to ending this imbroglio basl said in the document obtained by nan1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the unions had on thursday night called off their two-day industrial action against bi-courtney aviation services limited basl following the signing of an agreement1 mr kingsley ezenwa media and communications manager dana air also confirmed the airlines resumption of flights at the mma2 which is nigerias only privately owned terminal1 ezenwa said we have resumed flights from mma2 following the agreement reached by mma2 and the aviation unions1 we thank the management of basl operators of mma2 for considering the economic implications and for putting national interest first in resolving the industrial action1 we also wish to thank our teeming guests for their total understanding and cooperation in the course of our temporary relocation to the general aviation terminal gat and we hope to continue offering the best of our services which we have come to be known for1 nan reports the unions had since the early hours of wednesday embarked on the protest over the alleged sack of 27 employees who indicated interest to unionise by basl1 the unions were the air transport services senior staff association of nigeria atsssan the national union of air transport employees nuate and the national association of aircraft pilots and engineers naape1 despite a subsisting court order issued by justice i. n buba of a federal high court in lagos restraining them from the action the unions had shutdown flights and business activities at the mma21 airlines affected by the action included arik air medview airline azman air max air dana air and aero contractors who operate flights from the terminal1 the airlines were forced to temporarily move their passenger boarding and processing to the gat operated by the federal airports authority of nigeria faan during the 2-day protest by union1