Aviation workers’ unions have dragged the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to court over the planned concession of major airports across the country.

The workers’ unions comprise Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria; National Union of Air Transport Employees; Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals and the Nigeria Union of Pensioners.

They filed the suit in the Lagos division of the National Industrial Court on March 14, 2023.

The workers are seeking an injunction from the court to restrain Sirika and FAAN from privatizing the airports.