The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) rejects Governor Ademola Adeleke’s order suspending its activities in Osun State. After recent violent clashes between rival factions at motor parks, Adeleke directs that NURTW operations be halted, bans levy collections in motor parks, and authorizes security agencies to arrest anyone allegedly posing as union officials. NURTW’s national leadership says the governor lacks legal authority to suspend the union’s activities. The union argues that NURTW is regulated by national laws and decrees rather than state directives. In response, NURTW inaugurates a seven-man caretaker committee based in Abuja to oversee parks and garages in Osun. The committee is led by Kazeem Oyewale, also known as Asiri Eniba, who is named chairman of the Osun caretaker leadership. NURTW officials state that the caretaker structure is intended to restore leadership and operations ahead of the forthcoming governorship election and that the union maintains a memorandum of understanding with the electoral commission, INEC. NURTW says the national body will continue oversight until the disputes in Osun are resolved.
NURTW Rejects Osun Suspension, Sets Caretaker Committee After Clashes
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) rejects Governor Ademola Adeleke’s order suspending its activities in Osun State. After recent violent clashes between rival factions at motor park...
- Governor Ademola Adeleke orders the suspension of NURTW activities in Osun, following violent clashes at motor parks.
- The suspension includes a ban on levy collections and an authorization for security agencies to arrest people posing as union officials.
- NURTW leadership, including statements attributed to MC Oluomo, says governors lack legal power to suspend the union’s operations.
- NURTW establishes a seven-man caretaker committee for Osun, chaired by Kazeem Oyewale (Asiri Eniba).
- NURTW says the caretaker committee is meant to restore leadership and that the union has a memorandum of understanding with INEC.
The national leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has rejected the suspension of its activities in Osun State, insisting that no governor has the authority to halt the union’s operations.On Friday, the union inaugurated a seven-man caretaker committee led by Mr. Kazeem Oyewale, popularly known as Asiri Eniba, to oversee parks and garages in the state. The ceremony took place at the NURTW headquarters in Abuja.Governor Ademola Adeleke had earlier ordered the suspension of NURTW activities in Osun, citing recent violent clashes between rival factions that unsettled residents. His directive also banned levy collections in motor parks and authorized security agencies to arrest anyone posing as union officials.Reacting to the move, NURTW President Musiliu Akinsanya, widely known as MC Oluomo, through his deputy Aliyu Issa Ore, argued that state governors lack the legal power to suspend the union. He stressed that NURTW is governed by national laws and decrees, not state directives.Ore explained that the caretaker committee was necessary to restore leadership in Osun ahead of the forthcoming governorship election, noting that the union has a memorandum of understanding with INEC.He declared Oyewale as the new chairman of the Osun caretaker leadership, emphasizing that the national body would continue to oversee union activities until disputes in the state are resolved.
4 hours agoNURTW established a caretaker committee amid tensions in Osun, challenging Governor Adeleke's suspension of union activities after violent clashes at motor parks.
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