The Federal Government has signed a concession agreement for the Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo International Airport, Port Harcourt, with PH Airport Limited, assuring aviation workers that the arrangement will not lead to job losses.
The agreement was signed by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, and the Group Managing Director of PH Airport Limited, Eyo Asuquo, following consultations between the minister and aviation labour unions.
This was made known through a statement by the minister media aide, Tunde Moshood, on Thursday.
According to the statement, the unions, led by Ben Nnabue, endorsed the agreement after receiving assurances that no aviation worker would lose his or her job as a consequence of the concession.
Speaking on behalf of the unions, Nnabue said workers’ welfare and job security remained central to their consideration of the agreement, stressing that organised labour would not support an arrangement that threatened the livelihoods of its members.
