Workers Shut Down Arik Air

By Ige Olugbenga

Aviation workers on Thursday closed down Arik Air operations in protest of the failure of the airline’s management to reinstate sacked workers.

On Wednesday, the National Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers threatened a showdown with the airline if the sacked workers are not re-absorbed.

True to their threat, on Thursday, the workers barricaded Arik Air’s office at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos to drive home their demand.

Concise News reported that the new management of Arik Air had announced the appointment of  KPMG to undertake a forensic and diagnostic audit of the finances of the airline to ascertain the true state of its finances.

Also, the outcome would help the new management plug the loopholes and stabilise the airline. The whole intention is to identify what went wrong with Arik to enable the new management bring it back to full operations.