A fresh industrial dispute is looming in Nigeria’s aviation sector as aviation workers have issued a seven-day ultimatum to airline operators and other defaulting organisations to settle outstanding 5 per cent Ticket Sales Charges owed to aviation agencies or face nationwide picketing.
The ultimatum, jointly signed by the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the National Union of Air Transport Employees, follows the expiration of an earlier 14-day notice served on July 8, which lapsed on July 23 without compliance from the affected operators.
The five per cent Ticket Sales Charge, a statutory levy collected on every airline ticket sold in Nigeria, is supposed to be remitted to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority and shared among other aviation agencies to meet their financial obligations.
These funds are usually deducted by airline operators and remitted accordingly. However, until recently, the Airline Operators of Nigeria had been collecting the
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