Failure to address welfare concerns will lead to strike -FAAN pensioners

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, branch of the Federal Parastatal and Private Sector Pensioners Association of Nigeria, FEPPPA, has said its members will embark on a nationwide protest over neglect by the management of FAAN.

Speaking at their general meeting in Lagos, the General secretary of FEPPPAN FAAN branch, Mr Emeka Njoku, lamented the inability of the new FAAN management to meet with them to address their concerns, disclosing their plans to commence a nationwide protest from February 15.

Njoku claimed that medical support given to pensioners in the past were no longer enjoyed, asserting that FAAN has also defaulted on a 2002 agreement that states that whenever salaries were increased, pension would also be increased.

He said: “We have written to FAAN Management to call for meetings to discuss all these outstanding issues which they have not done. We are watching and this year, we will not tolerate such neglect from FAAN Management. We have to correct the neglect and anomalies.

“The Previous management would call us and present the proposal to us and examine if it corresponds with the salary in the 2002 agreement. But they ignored our letter and kept quiet.

“From now till 15th of this month, if they fail to call us for a meeting, we will mobilise our members throughout the country for a protest. They are meeting with other unions discussing workers welfare. Even the Director of Human Resources has not called us for dialogue.”

Meanwhile, the Managing Director of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, said she was ready to meet with them to address their concerns.

Kuku also said she received the pensioners letter in October and scheduled a meeting for December 19, 2024, following another correspondence, but couldn’t hold.