Disregard rumour of another election, South West NURTW tells members

The leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in South West has urged members of the Union to disregard insinuations of another round of elections, having successfully held one in May this year where its national leaders were elected.

This was contained in a statement signed by the NURTW South West Zonal Chairman, who doubles as the National Vice President, Folorunso Olamilekan and Abideen Olajide Ejioogbe, the Oyo State Chairman of the union, obtained in Osogbo on Monday.

South West NURTW, which expressed concern over impunity exhibited by those who forcefully took over the Union’s office in Abuja, called on the president, Bola Tinubu, to intervene and prevent breakdown of law and order in the region.

It alleged that certain individuals were intimidating its members, noting that interfering in the affairs of the union was capable of creating chaos.

The statement further read, “The leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW, Zone 2, Southwest Nigeria, calls for calm among its teeming members. The National President, Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa, and other executive members, who were recently sworn- in are the known, authentic, and accepted leaders of the union at all levels.

“The Union had on August 2023 sworn in Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa as its National President, for a second term in office, alongside other executive members at the 10th Quadrennial National delegate conference, held in Lafia, Nasarawa state, following their election at the Special Zonal delegate conference, held in May, in line with the union’s constitution.

“We urge members of the Union to disregard a rumour making the round, that another election into various national positions of the Union will hold. Such insinuation is false, and a figment of the imagination of its author orchestrated by some disgruntled elements, who have renounced their membership with the NURTW.

“We urge President Bola Tinubu, to quickly wade into the matter, to forestall possible breakdown of peace and order in Southwest. The brazen manners at which the disgruntled elements are intimidating NURTW members, and interfering in the affairs of the union are capable of creating chaos.”

It also appealed to NURTW members in South West to remain resolute, peaceful, and continue to promote activities of the Union, as they support Tinubu administration in its bid to turn around the fortune of the country.

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