.…as unions give 2 weeks altimatum to kick start staff promotion
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority NCAA, staff opened the New Year with songs,prayers and Thanksgiving for the safety, security and progress of the Industry.
Staff in all departments, Muslims and Christians gathered to sing and pray for repentance and forgiveness of sins, for the Management of the NCAA for God to continue to give them wisdom, knowledge and understanding to pilot the affairs of the organization.
General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr. Sam Adurogboye who kick started the prayer session said the regulatory agency has course to thank God because for over three years now, the Industry has recorded safety and security, adding that the Industry has enjoyed God’s mercies and protection.
Imam of the Airport mosque, Alhaji Ahmed Chindo in a brief sermon urged the staff to always be truth, sincere and have the fear of God in the discharge of their duties.
He frown at dishonest behaviour by staff, alleging that some staff where corrupt for fraudulently collecting money they did not do anything for.
“I know we are corrupt, everybody should search his heart, if our directors or our DG permit it to pay DTA without you travelling, 90% of people here will write for DTA without travelling, how many people collect money for Training without going? and we keep standing here praying to God”.
“Why is it that we pray to God today and our prayers are not accepted? It’s because we are not clean, we are not good people, this government is talking about anti- corruption, let’s support them, even around this present administration, there is corruption, the last administration was a disaster”.
Chindo called for attitudinal change to enjoy God’s blessings.
“If we are Christians and Muslims, what kind of mosque do we go, what kind of church do we go? Let’s change our ways, some people don’t come to the office till around 11, some senior colleagues don’t come to the office, is that the agreement you signed with government? And some people will carry their bags at 2pm and go home, is that discipline? Management when you do contract of N10 million, do you put N20 million? Keys change our ways.
Pastor Maxwell Achonwa later took the gathering on a prayer session first by reading 2 Chronicles 4:17 and urged staff to pray fervently for for forgiveness of sins.
Dr. Wilfred Haggai, General Manager, Aeromedical prayed against plane crash and Accident I’m the Industry.
Other Prayers offered includes against security attacks, for good health of all staff and rebuke any untimely death and for the peace of the nation.
A special prayer for those who are ill and for family members of staff who died 2018 was also offered.
The Unions in the NCAA also used the gathering to again call on the Management of the NCAA to conduct promotion of staff to avoid a total shut down of activities in the agency.
The Chairmen of NUATE and ATSSSAN who took turns to bare their minds on the continued delay in staff promotion for over three years stressed that if not for the intervention from above, the regulatory agent would have been under lock.
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Comrade Ayodele Sofolahan, ATSSSAN chairman noted that the review of the organogram and staff promotion would not be handled with kidgloves, as the issues yet to be addressed by Management are very important to the Union’s and their members.
Comrade Lucky Izebhokun, chairman NUATE NCAA branch, urge the staff to continue in their prayers as there is nothing God cannot do but emphasized that if by two weeks Management is still foot dragging on the matter, the Union will carried out their threat of a lockdown of the agency.
Director General, NCAA, Capt. Muktar Usman represented by the Director Consumer Protection, Mallam Adamu Abdullahi assured the staff and Union leaders that efforts are to ensure the matter is resolved.
He pleaded with them to be law abiding and support Management to succeed in consolidating on the Safety enjoyed in the Industry for over years now.
