Why we restructured, by nahco aviance

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviance) has cleared the air on why it undertook its recent restructuring exercise.
The company said in a statement in Lagos that the exercise was carried out in order to reposition for a more dominant role in the Nigerian aviation industry.
In a statement in Lagos, Tayo Ajakaye, manager, corporate communications and branding for nacho aviance, observed the number of staff asked to go was small, relative to the huge working population of the company, adding that the workers’ unions in the sector were carried along during the entire process.
Ajakaiye said about 11 managerial staff were affected in the process, recalling that between September 12 and 14, this year, a retreat was held by the senior management of the company with the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) on the board’s decision to reposition nahco aviance for emerging opportunities in the sector.
At the retreat, it was agreed that the company was top heavy and that there was the need to trim down the managerial staff for the company to respond positively to strategic investments being made by its shareholders, he said.
Ajakaye said it was on the basis of this that some of the managerial staffers were asked to go, after a befitting severance package had been agreed on with the unions.
He debunked insinuations that all 11 staff were sacked, pointing out that a few of them were redeployed to other units where their services would be more relevant to the company, but instead of moving, they elected to resign.
The nahco aviance’ spokesman faulted people whom he said had been going round some newspaper houses and spreading falsehood against the company. He said it was curious that some staff whose names were being added to the list of those disengaged by the alarmists were actually still in the service of the company.
He maintained that before the decision to let go was finally arrived at, the files of the concerned staff were looked into and it was found that some of them were employed under questionable circumstances, while one or two others had disciplinary issues.
He added that nahco aviance has put the matter behind it and was busy working to clear the backlog of cargo in the tarmac and its warehouse, occasioned by the closure of the warehouse for two weeks by the Nigeria Customs Service.