FCT, Nasarawa NURTW Kick Against Takeover Of National Secretariat

National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) FCT and Nasarawa State Councils have warned the members of the Lagos State Park Management Committee led by Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede to vacate the national secretariat of the union or prepare for a showdown.

The union said “enough is enough” as it can no longer fold its hands and allow impostors to continue to occupy and takeover its national secretariat.

This was contained in a statement jointly signed by Alhaji Ibrahim Sanda Kuje and Alhaji Saliu Adamu, chairman FCT and Nasarawa State Councils of the union respectively yesterday in Abuja.

The NURTW also called on the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies to call Agbede to order to avoid conflict.

The statement reads in part, “ The entire leadership and membership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) were jolted by the commando style of attack unleashed on the headquarters of the union by hired thugs from Lagos and Ilorin on Monday 28th August 2023, wherein Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede was illegally installed as caretaker president of the union, in place of a legitimate elected president in the person of Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa.

Toppling of an elected trade union president is similar to a coup d’etat and should be condemned by all well-meaning Nigerians and members of the union. The constitution of the union frowns seriously against the use of any means other than that as prescribed by the constitution to effect a change in any organ of the union.

“In view of the foregoing, the officers and members of the union in the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT ) and Nasarawa State have unanimously resolved that they will not fold their hands and watch impostors continue to occupy the National Headquarters of the union in FCT.