NURTW ACTIVITIES SUSPENDED IN OSHODI LAGOS OVER VIOLENCE

The Lagos State Government has suspended the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Oshodi, following the recent violence in the area.

The state government said the suspension was in reaction to the violence during which a leader of the Motorcycle Operators’ Association of Lagos State (MOALS) in Oshodi, Rasaq Bello, who was popularly known as Hamburger, was killed. All the seven NURTW branches in the area were affected.

 The state’s Acting Commissioner for Transportation, Prince Olanrewaju Elegushi, disclosed this during a press briefing by officials of the State, the police and NURTW inside the state Secretariat in Alausa. According to him, throughout the duration of the suspension order, a team of state government officials and security personnel will be mandated to oversee and monitor the transport operations within the affected branches to ensure that the unions do not collect ticket or fees from commuter buses operating in the area.

He said,
“For the avoidance of doubt, police investigations are ongoing on the said death and all persons found culpable will be prosecuted in line with the dictates of the laws. “It is important to also emphasise that all rumour mongering, insinuations and unfounded/unverified facts should be avoided in the sake of peaceful co-existence. “Any escalation of the crisis arising from the ban will lead to Government taking sterner actions against the branches where violence is recorded.”