The Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative has urged the immediate payment of entitlements owed to more than 4,000 workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways, according to a BusinessDay Nigeria report published on 24 August 2026.
The aviation safety group lamented the continued delay in settling the workers’ claims. It also expressed concern over a loss of lives, but the available evidence does not specify how many people have died, identify them or establish the circumstances surrounding the deaths.
The report provides no figure for the total value of the outstanding entitlements and does not give a breakdown of what each affected worker is owed. It also does not state which authority is currently responsible for completing the payments or whether funds have been approved for the exercise.
No official response to ASRTI’s demand is included in the supplied evidence. It is therefore not yet known whether a payment schedule has been set, what has caused the continued delay or when the more than 4,000 affected former workers can expect their claims to be settled.
ASRTI’s call places renewed attention on the unresolved obligations linked to the former national airline. For the affected workers, the practical issue remains the release of entitlements that the group says have been delayed and should now be paid without further postponement.