Nuate President calls for review of navigational charges

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 Nuate President calls for  review of navigational charges




The President of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) Comrade Ben Nnabue, says the call for the upward review of navigational charges by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is long overdue.

Speaking on current issues in the aviation sector while speaking with journalists in his office at the airport Com Nnabue noted that the inflationary trend in the country has called for the review of every charges in every four years.

According to him, in the labour movements, salaries of workers in the private sector are being reviewed every year as a result of the inflationary trend using the inflationary data to compare what is in existence to raise their salary. 

"The charges by various organisations should be reviewed every four years minimum. When you hear that for over eleven years going, nothing happened in a volatile economy like Nigeria, it is not right. I think NAMA should go ahead."

The NUATE boss recalled that only recently, FAAN adjusted charges for toll gate and other revenue points adding that other agencies should follow.

According to Nnabue, without reviewing the charges, it will start affecting the welfare of workers, purchase of new equipment will be a big challenge and it will be attributed that the managers lack efficiency. 

Nnabue condemned the situation where agencies generate revenue and government deducts 50% of the revenue generated saying it does not augur well for development of the agencies in any way. 

According to the President of NUATE, money generated at the airport should be used to manage the same airport and build new structures for airport world class .

Nnabue noted that with the deduction of the 50% revenue from agencies, FAAN has continued to erect structures, saying "Imagine they double what they have, they will do better in infrastructure because they have the resources to work with" 

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