By Luminous Jannamike
The National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, on Friday openly defied Governor Ademola Adeleke’s order suspending its activities in Osun State, insisting that no state governor has the power to shut down the operations of the nationally recognised transport union.
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What began as a violent struggle for the control of motor parks in Osogbo has now snowballed into a face-off between the Osun State Government and the national leadership of the union, with both sides asserting authority over the running of NURTW affairs in the state.
Speaking at the inauguration of a seven-member caretaker committee for Osun in Abuja, the union’s Deputy National President, Aliyu Issa Ore, who represented National President Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, said the national body could not leave the state chapter without recognised leadership, particularly with the governorship election approaching and the union expected to play its role under an existing Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
