……..urges members not to loose hope due to Covid, promises to do better
The incumbent National President, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, ATSSSAN, Comrade Illitrus Ahmadu has been reelected for a second term as National President.
Comrade Ahmadu who currently is an Assistant General Manager, Legal, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority NCAA ,in a keenly contested election won to clinch the Presidency with 49 votes while his contender, Comrade Ahmed Danjuma had 34 votes.
Speaking after his victory, the reelected ATSSSAN, Comrade Ahmadu said, it was not a victory for celebration because ATSSSAN is one family, adding that, their focus is to bind the house, heal wounds and who ever is aggrieved as a result of the election, they want to assure them that they would work as a family to continue to foster the interest of the entire members in the aviation sector.
He also assured that, they would do more to put the union in a sound footing now and in the future.
“I can give you my assurances that if we were able to do what we did in the last your years in the midst of challenges, difficult financial, administrative issues, that we inherited we were able to do that we are in the sound trajectory, sound financial footing to start off and begin to plan towards the future. My assurance to you is that, I will do better than I did in the last four years”.
The ATSSSAN President urged members of the union and workers in the industry not to loose hope due to the pandemic as there is light at the end of the dark tunnel if all work together for the recovery of the industry.
“We should not loose hope, we are in difficult times Covid has hit us bad as an industry, we are just struggling to recover from the negative impact of covid, I want employers and labour to work together so that we amicably resolve issues pertaining to our work force and prosperity of the industry, this is not the time for us to begin to have protracted disagreement, dislocation of services and stuff like that, so just like I have always stated, most of the achievements we recorded in the period under review were through table negotiations, dialogue, we will continue that to the benefit of the industry”.
Delegates accredited to votes at the delegates conference were 83 and the result of the election was announced at 4:30 this morning Sunday the 3rd of October, 2021.
Other officials elected to pilot the affairs of the union for the next four years are 2 National Deputy Presidents, 2 Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Financial Secretary, 3 Trustees, 2 Auditors, 3 ex-officios and Women Leader.
