Nigerian Road Transport Workers, NURTW Accuses Minister Of Labour, Lalong Of Bias, Taking Sides With MC Oluomo’s Faction

Baruwa disclosed this in a press free up issued by the Total Secretary of the union, Comrade Anthony Asogwa Chukwudi on Friday in Abuja.

The President of the National Union of Toll road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa, has accused the Minister of Labour and Employment, Solomon Lalong of bias by taking facet with a faction led by Musiliu Akinsanya popularly identified as MC Oluomo within the continued reconciliation process.

The NURTW president renowned that the minister is working in cahoots with the old President of the union, Alhaji Najeem Usman Yasin to foist any individual who forcefully took over the National Secretariat of the union with thugs and hoodlums from Lagos.

Baruwa disclosed this in a press free up issued by the Total Secretary of the union, Comrade Anthony Asogwa Chukwudi on Friday in Abuja.

The President alleged that the minister held a clandestine assembly with Tajudeen Agbede-led neighborhood of the union on Wednesday 18th, 2023 in his place of work the place the Minister allegedly made a press free up when he requested the dissident neighborhood to organise a novel National Quadrennial Delegates Convention in contravention of the provisions of the union’s structure particularly Article 8 Share 2 (1).

The statement be taught “It is pertinent to reveal here that the above quoted article presents that quadrennial delegates convention of the union shall contain within the month of August of every four years.

“Recall that the same structure became once accepted by the Ministry of Labour and Employment essentially based on the extant labour regulations.

“In accordance with a reliable source who became once also characterize on the assembly however pleaded anonymity stated the Minister unequivocally stated the neighborhood also can fair mute trip forward and conduct a quadrennial delegates convention and that they can no longer this capacity that of one person allow the union to die or fall apart.

“It would be recalled that the reconciliation assembly has already been mounted for October 24, 2023 for both teams however we contain been taken by the Minister’s clandestine assembly with the dissident neighborhood.

“We would really just like the accepted public to know that once this sort of press free up is coming from a authorities legit who is expected to be self reliant umpire will extra worsen the wretchedness of the union as an various of fixing it.”

The President added that Agbede neighborhood became once mute running unhindered on the National Secretariat of the union no subject the directive issued by the same Minister in a letter dated ninth October 2023 that suspended your total operations of both teams including extra conduct of any election.

The statement renowned that the Ministry of Labour and Employment the place the Minister superintends is a advent of the law and he also can fair mute no longer be viewed appearing open air or opposite to the regulations by giving contradicting directives.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the union had on Could well perchance 24, 2023 held its special zonal delegates convention within the six geopolitical zones of the union whereas of us that emerged contain been sworn-in on August 23, 2023 at some stage within the tenth Quadrennial National Delegates Convention at Ta’al Hotel in Lafia, Nasarawa Drawl.

“We hereby prefer to name on the Minister of Labour and Employment, Solomon Lalong to retrace his steps and desist from the path that would possibly perchance maybe extra jeopardize the continued reconciliation process within the union.

“It is most sad and unbecoming of the Minister who is a lawyer to be viewed supporting and/or laying credence to lawlessness and “civilian coup d’état.

“Equally, the NLC is no longer imposing Baruwa on the union as being insinuated by Alh. Najeem Usman Yasin & his cohorts. It is on sage that it is Alh. Najeem Yasin that is foisting Alh. Tajudeen Agbede on the union having forcefully taken over the National Secretariat of the union on 28th August, 2023,” the statement added.