Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo) and others in the Southwest had their suspensions lifted by the new national body of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), which is led by Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede. The chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages (LASPG) announced his return to the organization on Thursday.
Akinsanya described the return of the organization to its “natural home” as a new Dawn and praised Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu for his support of the union during “difficult circumstances.”
He reaffirmed the union’s commitment to advancing the governor of Lagos State’s THEMES agenda and to bringing all members together regardless of affiliations.
According to him: “As we transcend from Lagos State Parks and Garages to NURTW. The revamped NURTW (both at the National Level and State Level in Lagos State) will not rest in our oars to support the Themes agenda of His Excellency in Lagos State. As we are all aware in the Theme agenda, T represents Transportation. We are therefore using this medium to reiterate our full cooperation to all the giant strides of His Excellency in the Transportation Sector in Lagos State.
“We might be transiting in mere name change but we will not deviate from the necessary support, cooperation and cordial relationship that existed between us LASPG and the Lagos State Governor through the Ministry of Transportation.
“As it is being opined that “Unity is “progress” the Alhaji Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya led Lagos NURTW is geared towards uniting all members irrespective of affiliations.
“While also using this medium to embrace all Union members hitherto outside to come home and by the grace of God, they will be adequately inculcated back into the mainstream Lagos NURTW”, he said.
The Confidential secretary, Lagos State NURTW, Omowunmi Aliu noted that the operations of LASPG remains the same after transitioning to NURTW adding that the insecurities earlier experienced in the LASPG was as a result of people not understanding what LASPG stands for.
She said: ” I want to use this medium to tell the people that we are not going back in the way we do work, our operation is still going normally. It is still the same union they have always known. The mega city they are always expecting from the Lagos state union will still be here.
“We are only going back to our great union which is the NURTW, we are still the same and the expectations they are expecting from us is still the same. We have nothing biased about that.
“When we were in LASPG, things were somehow because people don’t really understand it like the NURTW but now that we are back in our main uniform and our main body, everything will be perfect, when they are mentioning the NURTW, when they are mentioning the union. It is the same national union of road transport workers. We won’t be having two Lagos state park management”.
