Aviation employees have opted to cancel their anticipated protest regarding the Federal Government's request for a 50 percent revenue collection from the agencies.

The strike was scheduled to take place today (Wednesday). Nnadi Hector, the Secretary of the Joint Aviation Trade Unions Forum, indicated that the protest was called off following a government directive aimed at alleviating tensions within the aviation industry.

Hector elaborated on the recent demonstrations conducted by aviation unions, underscoring their peaceful purpose to draw attention to the difficulties encountered by industry agencies.

"Aviation globally operates as a service industry; the President's intervention was generous, although we have yet to receive a formal letter," Hector remarked, alluding to the presidential directive.

"He instructed, while he was abroad, that the revenue deduction be reduced to 20 percent. This is a positive development."

It is important to note that just a week prior, aviation workers throughout Nigeria had resolved to initiate a nationwide protest beginning on August 21, 2024, in response to the Federal Government's ongoing deduction of 50 percent from the internally generated revenue of essential aviation agencies.

The unions had communicated this decision in a letter dated August 14, 2024, titled, "Save Aviation From Collapse."