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The Domestic Airports Cargo Agents Association (DACAA) has estimated that Nigeria mislaid astir N7 cardinal during the two-day workers’ nationwide strike.
The onslaught was embarked connected by Nigerian workers nether the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress connected Monday and Tuesday.
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of DACAA, Mr Ikpe Nkanang, made the disclosure successful an interrogation wiith the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) connected Friday successful Lagos.
Nkanang said that astir 30 tonnes of cargoes were lifted crossed the country’s home airports daily.
According to him, the measurement of cargoes dumped during the two-day onslaught could lone beryllium imagined.
He told NAN that a batch of cargoes had been gathered and made acceptable for freight connected Monday greeting earlier the commencement of the strike.
“For those 2 days, the airlines were not working, and erstwhile the airlines are not working, cargo cannot move, and it is simply a large nonaccomplishment to each of us.
“You needed to spot the measurement of cargo that was dumped implicit those 2 days; of course, you cognize we gathered cargoes during the play hoping that by Monday and Tuesday we would beryllium capable to nonstop them out.
“It was a colossal nonaccomplishment to america successful the cargo world, it affected our income and, of course, the system of the country.
“For those fewer hours of the strike, the state mislaid astir N7 cardinal crossed each section airports,” helium said.
According to him, transporting a kilogramme of cargo costs N300.
Nkanang urged the Federal Government to scope an statement with the organised labour successful clip to avert resumption of the strike.
NAN reports that labour unions suspended the onslaught connected Tuesday day to alteration continued negotiations connected a caller minimum wage.
Airport operations were grounded during the onslaught arsenic aviation unions blocked each entree points to home terminals.
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