NiMet workers begin strike over welfare issues

The Nigerian Meteorology Agency (NiMet) workers, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, commenced an indefinite nationwide strike.

The strike is backed by major aviation unions — the Union of Air Transport Employees (UATE), the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP), and the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical, and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE).

The unions hinged the strike on NiMet management’s failure to honour agreements reached to address longstanding issues, particularly the remuneration and welfare of workers.

They stated that a partial agreement made on January 28, 2025, has yet to be implemented, triggering widespread discontent among workers.

The workers said: “You are equally aware that the agreement between the management and our unions since 28th January 2025 towards partial amelioration of the above-stated condition has been honoured largely only in the breach.

“As a requirement, all flight operations need to get NiMet clearance for favourable weather before taking off from the airports.

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“As you are all aware, our unions have strived strenuously over the past few years to alleviate the exceedingly unjust remunerations conundrum that has visited extreme poverty and consequent untold hardship on NiMet workers. These efforts have been largely without substantial results.”

The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Michael Achimugu, and Tunde Moshood, the spokesperson of the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, have yet to speak on the development as of press time.

The Star