NiMet workers suspend strike after FG’s intervention.

Employees of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) have called off their strike following the federal government’s intervention.

The workers on Wednesday commenced an indefinite strike over welfare issues, including “NiMet’s refusal to negotiate or implement agreed financial allowances and unresolved entitlements”, as well as wage awards, peculiar allowances, and outstanding payments from the 2019 minimum wage.

They also accused the management of the agency of withholding important documents, ignoring requests for inclusion of omitted staff in past payments, and neglecting key training programmes in favour of executive retreats.

However, on Thursday, the workers called off the strike following a closed-door meeting between Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, and executives of MiMet.

Announcing the suspension of the strike in an X post, Gbenga Saka, special adviser on media to the minister, said the strike would be called off this night.

“The Aviation Union to Suspend Ongoing Strike tonight,” the post reads.

The strike had led to Air Peace grounding all flight operations across the country due to the unavailability of QNH (hazardous weather) reports required for safe landings.