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Ogun State Government has reiterated that it has banned the activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in all motor parks and garages in the State.
In a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Waheed Odusile, Ogun State Government warned the leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and their operatives to stay away from all parks and garages in the state to avoid incurring the full wrath of the law.
Odusile noted that it the reiteration became necessary in view of intelligence reports by the security agencies that the union was planning to resume collection of dues and revenues on behalf of the government at the motor parks and garages in the state.
This administration has been methodical and deliberate in its approach to maintaining peace at the motor parks as well as management of transport union activities, and will not allow anyone to undermine the prevailing peaceful environment
This is, however, against the existing decision of the government that bans the activities of the transport workers in all the motor parks and garages in the state.
The statement maintained that following crisis in the leadership of the NURTW in the State that threatened the security of lives and properties, particularly public transport in the State.
House of Assembly, in June 2020, passed a resolution suspending the activities of the union
“The government has banned the activities of the union in all motor parks and garages in the State. Security agencies have been given a firm directive to arrest and prosecute any operative of the NURTW or indeed anyone, group or association that has not been approved by the government to act on its behalf that attempts to defy the decision of the government or test its resolve to maintain peace and security in all parts of the state, including the motor parks.
“Unlike what obtained in the past, this administration has been methodical and deliberate in its approach to maintaining peace at the motor parks as well as management of transport union activities, and will not allow anyone to undermine the prevailing peaceful environment,” it stated.
It would be recalled that the House of Assembly, in June 2020, passed a resolution suspending the activities of the union.