FCT, Nasarawa NURTW Warn against National Secretariat Takeover

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

The union declared that it had had enough and would no longer sit by and do nothing as imposters continued to occupy and take control of its national secretariat.

This was stated in a statement that was jointly signed yesterday in Abuja by Alhaji Ibrahim Sanda Kuje and Alhaji Saliu Adamu, the heads of the union’s FCT and Nasarawa State Councils, respectively.

The Nigeria Police Force and other security organizations were also urged by the NURTW to issue an order to Agbede in order to prevent a fight.

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.

The overthrow of an elected trade union leader is akin to a coup d’état and ought to be denounced by all well-meaning Nigerians and union members. The union’s constitution strongly forbids the use of any methods other than those listed in the document to alter any union organ.

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.