NURTW Returns As Sanwo-Olu Dissolves Park and Garages Committee
- The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) will be in charge of the activities of motor parks and garages in Lagos state
- This is following the dissolution of the parks and garages committee by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's led government
- The government also lifted the indefinite suspension placed on NURTW as Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, announced his return
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The Lagos state government, headed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has dissolved its Park and Garages Committee.
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Following this move, the governor has given a directive that enables the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to coordinate activities across motor parks and garages in Lagos state.
Channels TV reported that the dissolution was announced on Friday, September 8, after Sanwo-Olu lifted the indefinite suspension placed on NURTW barely one year and a half ago over internal leadership wrangling between its members.
It is also coming 24 hours after Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called MC Oluomo, publicly returned to the NURTW with thousands of his members in the state, Daily Trust reported.
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Akinsanya lauded Sanwo-Olu for his support towards the union during the ‘trying periods’ while describing the transition as a new dawn in the organisation to its “original home”.
At the union headquarters in Lagos, a formal re-introduction into the union was done to absorb the Lagos State Parks and Garages back into NURTW.
Sanwo-Olu takes first Blue Line train ride
Meanwhile, there was joy in the air as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state took the first commercial ride on the Blue Line Rail Mass Transit on Monday, September 4.
The governor boarded the train around 9.07am from the first coach and walked to the seventh coach.
He also took it upon himself to be the ride manager, taking time to explain the requirements to board the train to the people.
Lagos govt bans NURTW, places RRS on alert
On Tuesday, January 25, 2022, the Lagos government suspended NURTW activities at Eyin Eyo, Church Street and Idumota Bridge, in Lagos Island, indefinitely.
The indefinite suspension became necessary following violence in those areas.
Special adviser to the governor on transportation, Oluwatoyin Fayinka, who announced the suspension, stated this at a stakeholders meeting.
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