In an apparent subtle reply to the
lingering brouhaha between her and management of Arik Air which has accused her
of shoddy deals leading to the grounding of the airline, Aviation Minister
Princess Stella Oduah rather than answer the allegations leveled against her
has decided to publish on her social media account,an official reaction from
the Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) press release.
This is the unedited version of the page as
obtained by CKN Nigeria.
FAAN'S STATEMENT ON DISRUPTION OF ARIK
OPERATIONS AT MMA
by Princess
Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi on Friday, September 21, 2012 at 1:55pm ·
FAAN’S STATEMENT ON DISRUPTION OF ARIK
OPERATIONS AT MMA
On Thursday September 20, 2012, it was brought to the
attention of the management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria that
members of the industrial unions in the aviation industry carried out an
industrial action, which entailed the disruption of Arik Airlines’ flights,
allegedly to recover debts owed by the airline to various agencies in the
industry.
The management wishes to inform the public that it was
not aware of any plan by the unions to embark on the said industrial action as
the management considers it to be counter-productive to the current efforts
being made by management to recover debts owed FAAN by Arik Airlines and other
customers.
The management wishes to assure the public,
particularly air passengers and all other airport users, that we are doing
everything possible to address the issue that informed the industrial action by
the unions without recourse to violence.
We also wish to assure the public that their safety and
security remains our top priority at all our airports, including the Murtala
Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
Akin Olukunle
General Manager, Public Affairs.
F.A.A.N.