Usman Mohammed, a staff of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) slumped and died, this morning, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos
According to eyewitness reports, the deceased hit his head against the floor during the fall and some travellers who were medical experts, tried resuscitating for over 5 minutes, but eventually lost him.
It was gathered that it took another 30 minutes for the airport’s emergency ambulance to show up.
Olayinka Abioye, immediate past General Secretary of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), confirmed the incident to NAN on Saturday.
Speaking on the incident, Abioye said: “The deceased was a former executive member of NUATE, FAAN branch. We learnt he was on duty yesterday when he suddenly collapsed and died before receiving medical attention”.
The deceased, survived by a wife and five children, has been buried according to Islamic rites.
Abioye referred to Mohammed’s demise as unfortunate, and called on the management of FAAN to give priority to the well being of workers.
Noting that some aviation security staff are being made to work more than the required eight hours per day without rest periods or compensation, he claimed that “some of them work for 12 hours at a stretch without break simply because the Directorate of Aviation Security is suffering from dearth of adequate manpower”.
He urged FAAN to deploy more personnel to the directorate and provide adequate medical facilities at the airport.
