As part of ongoing statewide sensitization, the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has committed to reconciling dissatisfied union members in Lagos.
Tajudeen Baruwa, the union’s national president, told newsmen in Lagos that the move was made to guarantee that the union speaks with one voice and participates in Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s transportation development plan for Lagos State.
Baruwa stated that the union would work hard to guarantee that all unhappy members in Lagos put down their swords and work together for NURTW’s and the country’s commercial capital’s development.
To ensure a united NURTW in Lagos, he stated that the transport union’s headquarters has finalized measures to bring all unhappy members back into the fold, including those who were shown the exit doors for violating the union’s regulations.
Rather than asking individuals already occupying the seat previously held by aggrieved members to depart, he continued, the entire process would be altered to allow them to return to their previous level before being asked to go.
According to him, Lagos remains one of the union’s key chapters with a sizable membership, and NURTW would ensure that the state transport union members become more united than ever before under his leadership.
He said: “I believe that whenever anyone is punished, after some time, he should be forgiven and asked to return. So that is part of what we are coming to do in the state.
“Truly, the position of those aggrieved members might have been filled, but we will address the issue to ensure that everyone returns and can feel they have returned to their brothers’ fold as well as work like one family.”
“The constitution of the union stipulates that members must work with the government to ensure peaceful coexistence.”
The NURTW national headquarters, according to Baruwa, believes that if all outstanding conflicts amongst members are handled and they become united, the government and the people, who are the union’s major customers, will be willing to do business with the union.
He noted that, aside from Lagos, the national leadership has been visiting other states throughout the federation to educate members on the necessity of unity, stating that when members are divided, crises might emerge, which can lead to the collapse of law and order.
