NiMet employees suspend planned strike

The planned strike by unions at the Nigerian Meteorological Agency has been suspended.

This was announced on her official X account on Sunday.

Aviation unions, including the National Union of Air Transport Employee Association of Nigeria, the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals and the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations and Technical and Recreational Employees, had directed employees of the Nigeria Meteorology Agency to announce their intention to strike on Monday, May 20, 2024.

The planned strike was due to management’s failure to resolve 45 months of minimum wage arrears and resulting adjustments for employees.

Reacting to this, Nasiru Sani, Human Resources Director of NiMet said: “The issue of unpaid 42-month follow-on salary adjustment by the Federal Government is before the current management of NiMet.”

He added: “However, as a responsible management that cares about the well-being of its employees, we work with the unions and regularly inform them of our various obligations to government authorities to help clear the arrears.”

Effective from NiMet’s meeting with the unions, the agency said: “The unions of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency have suspended the planned strike action scheduled to commence on Monday, May 20, 2024.”

“This followed an agreement reached today, Sunday, May 19, 2024, during a special session convened by the House Aviation and Technology Committee,” the agency said.