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Over 500 Dana Air Employees Block Entrance In Lagos Over Sack, Unpaid Wages
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Over 500 Dana Air staff protested in Lagos, blocking the company’s entrance over their sacking and unpaid April salaries.
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The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) withdrew Dana Air’s operating licence after a runway skidding incident, leading to an ongoing safety and economic audit.
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Dana Air laid off its staff, attributing the decision to the audit by aviation regulators.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that over 500 staff members of Dana Air have blocked the entrance of the aviation company in the Oshodi area of Lagos State, protesting their sacking and the airline’s refusal to pay their April salaries.
Last month, a Dana aircraft was involved in a runway skidding incident, prompting the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to withdraw the airline’s operating licence. The NCAA initiated an in-house compliance assessment of the incident, considering Dana’s track record of similar occurrences.
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The regulator announced a forthcoming safety audit to re-inspect the organisation, procedures, personnel, and aircraft as specified by Part 1.3.3.3 of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations. Additionally, an economic audit will evaluate the airline’s financial health to ensure its capability to sustain safe flight operations.
Dana Air Employees
Barely two weeks after the suspension of Dana Air operations, the company laid off its staff, claiming the disengagement was necessary due to the ongoing audit by aviation regulators.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the staff, during a protest in front of the company, threatened to explore every mechanism to fight what they called “an injustice.”
The staff members who were armed with placards with inscriptions such as; ‘Give us our money’, ‘A airline owing it staff can’t be safe’, and ‘Systematic thieving’, among others, stated that aside from being unjustly sacked, the airline has refused to pay workers contributory pension as well as their April salary among other entitlements.
Speaking with journalists at the protest ground, the Training Manager of the airline, Magdalene Onyeukwu, noted that the staff members will not relent until the management pays all that is owed.
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Onyeukwe, who claimed to have worked with Dana for 15 years, stated that she got her sack letter through a WhatsApp message.
She added that all their access, including official lines, have been deactivated.
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