The Southwest Zone of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has urged Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke; and his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde to reinstate operation of its members in the two states.
The NURTW made the appeal during its zonal stakeholders’ meeting in Osogbo, Osun State over the weekend.
It noted that banning operations of its members in the two states is denying the zone leadership positions at the national level.
During the meeting, the ex-National Treasurer of the Union, Nasiru Komolafe appealed to Adeleke and Makinde to return motor parks in their states to the union, noting that Osun and Oyo State remain the only states in the South West that NURTW is not operating.
Komolafe stressed that, “Banning our operations will hinder us from occupying the allocated seats for the zone at the national level. Our operations are limited to Lagos, Ondo, Ogun, and Ekiti states in the South West, leaving Osun and Oyo State.
“I’m pleading with the Governors to grant us permission to operate in Osun and Oyo States. We cannot produce the necessary officers to represent us at the federal level if the states forbid us from operating. It is now our turn; if we do not choose our delegates in the next three years, another zone will take over the chance”.
NURTW Southwest Coordinator and Chairman of Lagos State Council, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, urged members of the union to abstain from wrangling that can endanger unity.
He appealed to Governors Makinde and Adeleke to lift the suspension on the union’s activities in their states, promising to maintain peace and tranquility.
Also speaking, the Chairman of the Ogun State Chapter, Mustapha Ismael, revealed that an appeal has been filed against the election of Tajudeen Baruwa as the union’s National President which was affirmed by the National Industrial Court in Abuja
