{"id":37732,"date":"2020-12-11T14:51:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=37732"},"modified":"2020-12-11T14:52:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:52:08","slug":"nigerian-govt-stops-planned-dismissal-of-300-arik-air-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=37732","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian govt stops planned dismissal of 300 Arik Air staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Nigerian government Thursday said it had halted the proposed retrenchment of 300 staff of Arik Air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musa Nuhu, the director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), stated in Abuja that there was an issue at Arik Air but the dismissal was never implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere was a threat by one of the airlines (Arik Air) and some disengagement disagreements, but the NCAA intervened,\u201d the NCAA boss said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe spoke with both the management and labour unions and they have agreed to go back to the discussion table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe last report I received, they have made significant progress in closing that gap. We hope they conclude and nobody is sacked,\u201d Nuhu added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Friday, Arik Air<\/a> disclosed in a statement endorsed by Adebanji Ola, its public relations manager that 300 people in its workforce had become redundant by reason of the impact of coronavirus pandemic on its operations, and so was laying them off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is important to note that over 50 percent of Arik Air\u2019s workforce, of over 1,600 staff, have been on furlough in the past six months on a base allowance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDecisions to let go of staff is naturally a difficult decision. Arik Air wishes the impacted staff well in their future endeavours,\u201d the document said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the NCAA<\/a> chief affirmed that doubling the price of domestic flights was inevitable, considering the harm the pandemic had done to aviation business in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTicket prices have gone up astronomically over the last week or so. That is one of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aviation, tourism and travel industry is one of the most devastated industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause we had a shutdown for several months, the airlines were not making money and there are fixed cost that they have to deal with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have to maintain the aircraft and unfortunately most of these aircraft are maintained outside the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nuhu asserted that bailout for airlines was a policy issue, which the aviation ministry would oversee t the behest of the minister of aviation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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