NAHCO Strike: Passengers Stranded, Frustrated at Lagos Airport, Video Springs Up
- For now, flights at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos have been grounded until further notice
- This is happening after workers of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc decided to embark on a strike on Monday, January 23
- The workers are calling for an increase in salaries and will not return to work if the issue is not addressed
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Lagos state - Flights at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos state were grounded on Monday, January 23.
This came after staff members of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) embarked on an industrial action over salary increment, The Cable reports.
Source: UGC
At the moment passengers at the airport are stranded and frustrated as they were seen moving helter-skelter around the premises.
Confirming this, Oluwatosin Oladeinde, the chief executive officer of Money Africa, wrote on Twitter:
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“Airlines ground handlers on strike at Lagos Airport. No departure check-in and no arrival of flights for now departing passengers stranded."
See the tweet below:
The Lagos government says it is planning to construct a new airport in the Lekki-Epe axis of the state.
Jubril Gawat, the senior special assistant to the governor of Lagos state on new media, disclosed this on Friday in a series of tweets.
Quoting Ope George, special adviser to the governor on public private partnerships (PPPs), Gawat said the project is expected to begin next year and would be constructed on 3,500 hectares of land.
"The Lagos state government has declared its readiness to construct a new airport on the Lekki-Epe axis of the State, disclosed by the special adviser to the governor on public-private partnerships (PPP) Mr. Ope George yesterday,” Gawat tweeted.
He revealed that Governor Jide Sanwo-Olu-led government has sought and obtained approval from the federal government for the construction of the new airport in Lagos.
New airport in Lekki, other large investments that could make Lagos West Africa's biggest economy
Lagos state, Nigeria’s melting point, is said to be one of the largest economies in West Africa, almost twice the size of the economies of Togo, the Benin Republic and the Niger Republic.
It is the microcosm of Nigeria, has the biggest Gross Domestic Product (GPD) in the country with $91 billion, and earns far more than any other state from internally generated revenue (IGR).
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