NLC secures breakthrough as warring NURTW factions agree to end crisis

By Victor Ahiuma-Young

ABUJA — The prolonged leadership crisis rocking the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, may be nearing an end following a major breakthrough brokered by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC.

This followed a peace meeting brokered by the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, yesterday in Abuja.

Sources familiar with the closed-door peace and reconciliation meeting at the Labour House in Abuja disclosed that the rival camps reached a mutual understanding to halt hostilities and embrace dialogue in a bid to restore unity within the union.

According to insiders, the NLC leadership impressed upon both sides the need to place the interest of the union above personal and factional considerations, stressing that only a sincere commitment to peace and reconciliation could bring an end to the lingering dispute.