MC Oluomo, others return to NURTW

FOLLOWING the lifting of the suspension on him and others in the South West by the new acting president of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, the chairman of the Lagos State Parks and Garages (LASPG), Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo), on Thursday, announced his return alongside his followers to the union.

At an event, Akinsanya commended the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for his support for the union during its “trying period,” describing the transition in the union as a new dawn for the organisation.

He reiterated the union’s commitment to supporting the THEMES agenda of the governor and ensuring the unity of members of the union, irrespective of affiliations.

Akinsanya said: “As we transcend from Lagos State Parks and Garages to NURTW, the revamped NURTW, both at the national and state levels, will not rest in our oars to support the THEMES agenda of His Excellency in Lagos State. We all aware that in the THEMES agenda, ‘T’ represents transportation. We are, therefore, using this medium to reiterate our full cooperation on all the giant strides of His Excellency in the transportation sector in Lagos State.

“We may be transiting through mere name change, but we will not deviate from the necessary support, cooperation and cordial relationship that existed between us, LASPG, and the Lagos State governor through the Ministry of Transportation.

“As it is opined that unity is progress, the Alhaji Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya-led Lagos NURTW is geared towards uniting all members, irrespective of affiliations. We also use this medium to embrace all union members hitherto outside to come home and by the grace of God, they will be adequately reintegrated into the mainstream Lagos NURTW.”

The Confidential Secetary, Lagos State NURTW, Omowunmi Aliu, noted that the operations of LASPG remained the same even after transitioning into NURTW, adding that the occasional encounters earlier experienced with the LASPG was as a result of people not understanding what agency stands for.

Aliu said: “I want to use this medium to tell the people that we are not going back in the way we work. Our operation is still going normally. It is still the same union they have always known. The mega city they are always expecting from the Lagos State union will still be here. We are only going back to our great union which is the NURTW, we are still the same and the expectations from us are still the same. We have no bias about that.

“When we were in LASPG, things were somehow because people didn’t really understand it like the NURTW, but now that we are back in our main uniform and our main body, everything will be perfect when they are mentioning the NURTW, when they are mentioning the union. It is the same National Union of Road Transport Workers. We won’t be having two Lagos State park managements.”