Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, is currently in a closed-door meeting with the executives of the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMeT).
Tunde Moshood, special adviser on media and communications to the minister, announced in a post on X on Thursday.
“The Hon. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo SAN is a close door meeting with the executives of striking NIMET workers. Details will be released soon,” the post reads.
On Wednesday, employees of NiMet commenced a nationwide indefinite strike over welfare issues.
Some of the issues include “NiMet’s refusal to negotiate or implement agreed financial allowances and unresolved entitlements,” as well as wage awards, peculiar allowances, and outstanding payments from the 2019 minimum wage.
They also accused the management of the agency of withholding important documents, ignoring requests for inclusion of omitted staff in past payments, and neglecting key training programmes in favour of executive retreats.
Following the development, Air Peace suspended all flight operations across the country due to the ongoing strike.
In a statement on Wednesday, the airline said it is also suspending operations due to the unavailability of QNH (hazardous weather) reports required for safe landings.
