RTEAN Ex-Boss, Eriyo, Seeks Re-election As NEC Approves Dissolution

A former national president of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, (RTEAN) Comrade Osakpawan Eriyo has indicated his interest to lead the transportation body again if given the mandate.

Eriyo told newsmen in Benin few days after the National Executive Committee (NEC) in Abuja approved the dissolution of the body, saying that if voted back he will ensure that all aggrieved members are carried along in the interest of peace , unity and progress of the organisation.

Osakpamwan said, “First and foremost, let me thank my RTEAN members for supporting and standing with me to this very moment because it is not everyone that can spearhead union’s affairs to this extent after four years.

“Now that our tenure has elapsed, everybody that has interest is free to contest because it is not my father’s property but with the leadership I had brought to bear in the last four years my members are happy with me in building this union from the scratch to this enviable height.

“I also want to appeal to my members to support me as I seek to go for a second term to consolidate on my first term successes. I am appealing to all my members to support me to move the association forward to make the union greater in the transportation industry and if elected again I will ensure that all aggrieved members are brought together to foster greater unity as one indivisible entity.”

Meanwhile, members of the National Executive Council, (NEC), of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) had in Abuja approved the dissolution of the National Executive Committee of the body following the expiration of its tenure.

The dissolution which was presided over by the outgoing national president, Comrade Osakpamwan Eriyo, Comrade Anere Afam Celestine (Operations) and national treasurer, Alhaji Yusuf Kuku, had the endorsement of five delegates from each state of the federation.