President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of N45 billion for the payment of severance benefits of workers of the liquidated Nigerian Airways.
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the presidential villa, Abuja after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
The affected workers on Wednesday in Lagos protested against the Federal Government’s failure to pay their severance benefits estimated N78 billion.
The protesters had said they intended to draw government’s attention to their plight as many of them had died and others became homeless after the government liquidated the airline in 2003.
Workers of the Nigerian Airways were laid off in 1997 following the grounding of the nation’s national carrier.
