Factions of the Oyo state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) have finally embraced peace and ready to form alliance in the state.
According to reports, the two factions are now waiting for Governor Seyi Makinde to lift the ban of the union as they reached a compromise to form a joint executive committee.
This resolution came as Abideen Olajide (Ejiogbe) and Mukaila Lamidi (Auxiliary) reached an agreement to form an 18-man executive council, comprising nine each other at a meeting headed by National President, NURTW, Najeemdeen Yasin, and held in Ibadan.
Yasin, who was in Ibadan and acted as intermediary between the state factions made this resolution known on Thursday. Reports have it that he also led Olajide and Lamidi to governor’s office, Ibadan, to brief the state government of the union’s strides to resolve the crisis.
He avowed that both factions had agreed to the sheath their swords and had been mandated to nominate members to run the union in the state for the next four years.
With the latest move, Yasin prayed Makinde lifts the ban which will be followed by the inauguration of the new executive council.
“We thank God that we have resolved the problems. Both sides have agreed to work together for the interest of peace in Oyo state ad we have worked out an arrangement for both sides to bring nine persons each to form the next 18-man executives and leaders of the union to run the affairs of the union for the next four years.
“Both sides have agreed and that is why we are here. And I will use this opportunity to thank His Excellency Governor Seyi Makinde for his intervention and at the same time appeal to him to lift the ban on our Union in Oyo state.
“As it stands, the Union has not been unbanned because the Governor has not made such pronouncement. The 18-man committee will serve as full executives and they will be inaugurated as soon as the Governor lifts the ban and gives us the go ahead,” Yasin said.
In their separate remarks, Lamidi and Olajide described the resolution as favourable, urging members of the union to remain peaceful and law-abiding.
