Usman
Mohammed, a Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) security
personnel on Friday slumped and died while on duty at the General
Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
Olayinka Abioye, immediate past General Secretary, National Union of
Air Transport Employees (NUATE), confirmed the incident saying, 'the
deceased was a former executive member of NUATE, FAAN branch. We learnt
he was on duty yesterday when he suddenly collapsed and died before
receiving medical attention.” He said the deceased, who is survived by
a wife and five children, had been buried according to Islamic rites.
Abioye described Mohammed’s demise as unfortunate, stressing that the
FAAN management must give priority and urgent attention to the well
being of workers. According to him, some aviation security staff are
being made to work more than the required eight hours per day without
rest periods or compensation. “It is said that some of them work for 12
hours at a stretch without break simply because the Directorate of
Aviation Security is suffering from dearth of adequate manpower,” he
allegedFAAN official slumps and dies at Lagos airport
Usman
Mohammed, a Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) security
personnel on Friday slumped and died while on duty at the General
Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
Olayinka Abioye, immediate past General Secretary, National Union of
Air Transport Employees (NUATE), confirmed the incident saying, 'the
deceased was a former executive member of NUATE, FAAN branch. We learnt
he was on duty yesterday when he suddenly collapsed and died before
receiving medical attention.” He said the deceased, who is survived by
a wife and five children, had been buried according to Islamic rites.
Abioye described Mohammed’s demise as unfortunate, stressing that the
FAAN management must give priority and urgent attention to the well
being of workers. According to him, some aviation security staff are
being made to work more than the required eight hours per day without
rest periods or compensation. “It is said that some of them work for 12
hours at a stretch without break simply because the Directorate of
Aviation Security is suffering from dearth of adequate manpower,” he
alleged
