By Uche Mbah
The last has not been heard of the rift between Lagos state and the National Umbrella Body of transporters, the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW.
The National body had dissolved the Lagos stste Chapter, under the leadership of Musliu Kinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, resulting in the banning the National body by the Lagos State Government.
Lagos then appointed Oluomo Chairman of the Lagos Park Management, thereby countering the actions of the National body.
Currently, the NURTW has set up a nine-man caretaker committee to coordinate its operations in Lagos State.
In a letter addressed to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Committee has a three month mandate.
Members of the committee include Fatai Adeshina (Chairman), Sunday Yusuf, Abraham Onifade, Jamiu Erinfolami, Ismaila Ojora, Lekan Ariyibi, Murtala Lawal, Taiwo Azeez, and Kayode Agbeyangi (secretary).
“Owing to the crises that bedeviled Lagos State Council which culminated in the dissolution of the State Administrative Council on April 2022 and in order not to allow the vacuum created to be affected by outside influences, the National Secretariat deemed it necessary to set up a Caretaker Committee with immediate effect.”
In the letter, the union gave the following mandate to the committee.
“You are to take over the administration of the State Secretariat of the union. You should invite the State Chairman, Treasurer and any other SAC member so that any officer in possession of the union’s funds and properties hands over to the committee.
“You should take control of all saleable items onion such as Union receipts, membership cards, EOD’s, Way Bill, RAHIS (PAMS) etc.
“You should liaise with the state and local governments including other law enforcement agents in the state with the sole objective of bringing the union closer for better performance.
“You should try as much as possible to bring back the lost glory of the union and sanitize its operations hitherto rubbished by the former SAC.”
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