Air Peace says it will resume flight operations on Friday following the suspension of strike by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMeT, workers.

This was contained in a statement by the airline’s Head of Corporate Communications, Ejike Ndiulo, on Thursday night in Lagos.

Ndiulo expressed Air Peace’s gratitude to its customers and the general public  for patience, understanding and  support throughout the period of the strike.

”Your resilience and trust in our brand mean the world to us.

“We commend the active and decisive intervention of the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN), whose leadership and commitment were pivotal in resolving the impasse and restoring normalcy within the aviation industry,” Ndiulo said.

He noted the minister’s swift engagement with aviation stakeholders, his transparent approach and his dedication to the stability and progress of the aviation sector.

Head of Corporate Communications further stated that Keyamo’s efforts not only facilitated timely resolution of the industrial dispute but also underscored his broader vision for a safer, more efficient and investor-friendly Nigerian aviation industry.

Ndiulo said Air Peace was committed to providing safe, reliable and world-class services.

Ekwutosblog reports that NiMeT workers on Thursday suspended the strike which began on April 22 after the minister’s intervention.

The workers downed tools in protest of alleged poor working conditions, including non-implementation of the 2019 Consequential Adjustment to the National Minimum Wage (affecting at least 30  staff).

They are also demanding a 25/35 per cent salary increase, 40 per cent hardship/peculiar allowance, and  annual staff trainings.

The minister had promised to find lasting solutions to the problems.

The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, has warned the people of the South-East against propagating the activities of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network, ESN, on the social media.

Musa, while speaking at a community engagement in Omor, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, stressed that the spread of unverified information not only endangers the region but also poses a threat to national unity and peace.

Represented by Group Captain Ibrahim Bukar, Deputy Director of Defence Media Operations, the CDS visited the Obi Eze Ana-Uku, Eze Igulube of Omor, as part of a people-centric diplomatic outreach within the Operation Udoka Area of Responsibility.

The defence chief stated that IPOB’s actions are detrimental not just to the South East, but to Nigeria as a whole, and should not be supported in any form.

The CDS condemned the trend of circulating false or harmful narratives pushed by IPOB and other outlawed groups, stressing that restoring security in the region requires the active cooperation of the local population.

“People should have trust in the military, because the military belongs to them. They should always provide us with actionable information.

“When you see something, say something. It is only through such cooperation that we can effectively tackle insecurity and restore peace,” he said.

He reassured the community of the military’s impartial role in maintaining peace and order.

A Melbourne cleaning company director has lost out on thousands of dollars after using artificial intelligence to help write a series of emails.

The business boss had hoped to improve his firm’s productivity, but one mistake alone cost it more than $2000 when he failed to pick up on the blunder.

End of Lease Cleaning Melbourne director Michael had introduced a generative AI tool to speed up the time it would take for his team to respond to customer emails.

Rather than have employees type out individual lists of cleaning services, they would input information such as the type of service required and let the tool do the rest.

The AI-powered tool would then generate an email that included the services, their costs and a job quote for each customer.

But the tool produced several emails with mistakes which were not picked up by the cleaning company’s employees.

‘We lost quite a lot of money,’ Michael told 9news.au.

The AI tool mistakenly listed different services to the ones required without changing the quotes to reflect the higher prices.

A cleaning company director lost out on over $2,000 after an AI tool to write emails (stock)

Michael and his team were forced to provide full wall cleans, priced between $500 to $700 for the price of a spot wall clean which is significantly lower.

The company’s most-costly mistake involved the director using the AI tool to generate a quote for property that required a deep clean worth around $2,000.

Michael read over the generated email but failed to spot several mistakes within the correspondence.

He didn’t spot the errors until a week later, by which time it was too late to correct them as the customer had signed up to a different company.

After the $2,000 mistake, End of Lease Cleaning Melbourne’s employees no longer use AI for business correspondence.

The response time for returning customers’ emails has now returned to five hours, the time it had previously taken prior to introducing the AI tool.

‘If you are using AI, you definitely need to read everything two to three times before you send that email,’ he added.

Almost half of all Australians use generative AI, according to a survey Google conducted with IPSOS in January.

According to a survey, around 65 percent of Australian workers said their employer had introduced AI in the workplace (stock)

Out of that 50 percent, almost 75 percent of those report using it for work.

In a separate survey carried out by HR platform Workday, around 65 percent of Australian workers stated their employer had introduced AI in the workplace.

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