The Nigerian government has
approved the payment of N45
billion severance package to
former staff of the defunct
Nigeria Airways.
The Minister of State for
Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said this
on Wednesday in Abuja.
Mr. Sirika told State House
correspondents at the end of the
Federal Executive Council
meeting on Wednesday that
money has been approved for
the settlement of the
entitlements.
He said: “Governments, in the
past, decided just to liquidate
Nigeria Airways without
tending to the issue of the
entitlements of the workers and
they have been struggling to get
that paid.
“We came in and took it very
seriously. I’m happy to
announce that Mr. President
has approved N45 billion which
has been confirmed to be the
entitlements of these workers
and Ministry of Finance has
been instructed to pay the
money.”
He explained that the ministry
wrote to his office last week
that they had received the
instruction to pay the affected
workers.
They are setting up the
modalities to pay, Mr. Sirika
added.
“You should know it won’t be
paid through my ministry
before somebody will say I take
some of it. It will be paid by
finance through a process, and
that process will commence
very soon,’’ he said.
The minister disclosed that the
Council also approved the
procurement of operational
vehicles for Nigeria Port
Authority (NPA) and the
Nigerian Maritime
Administration and Safety
Agency, NIMASA.
Affected workers of the
Nigerian Airways had been
embarking on protests
nationwide over their unpaid
entitlements since its liquidation by the
federal government.
But as at no dime has been paid to them and the have been dying like chickens everyday. pleases let the government pay this people their sweat the worked for it.

They continue to promise this people that the money would be paid before the year runs out but today is 19th yet no sign to show they would pay them.

We are tired of this government of talk and talk abeg.
Everything they said they have approved yet nothing to show for it

Nigeria we hail thee, ordinary to do the needful na issue.

why raise the hope of people time and again, without paying them, it is pathetic.