Chanchangi Airline’s workers protest unpaid salaries

About 53 staff members of Chanchangi Airlines have dragged the airline to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) over their unpaid salary arrears of about 36 months.

The workers who alleged that the unpaid salaries have accrued since 2010, when the carrier advised them to embark on compulsory leave, yesterday took the matter to the regulatory authority after staging peaceful protests at the airline’s counter at MMA2 Terminal and then to the headquarters of the authority.

The workers said they were asked to stay off work since 2010, when the airline started having operational challenges.

The Director of Human Resources, Mr. Austin Amadi Ifeanyi, and Director of Consumer Protection, Alhaji Adamu Abdulahi, who received the aggrieved workers on behalf of the authority, assured them that the NCAA would look into their grievances and ensure that the airline did the right by paying them the arrears of their salaries.

He said the NCAA would investigate their claims, while giving the aggrieved workers one week to return for a feedback from the authority.

Chanchangi Airline’s Station Manager, Mr. Babadiya Ahmed, confirmed that the workers were not sacked, but said that the airline was already looking into the matter.

He said those affected were asked to proceed on compulsory leave due to operational reasons, adding that very soon the issue in contention would be resolved.