Ondo state government has suspended indefinitely the activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria (RTEAN).
While addressing journalists in Akure on Monday, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Akeredolu on special duties and strategies, Doyin Odebowale said the suspension was due to recent crisis within the union over leadership.
The government also directed taxi drivers to revert to the old rate of N50 per drop.
The leadership of both NURTW and RTEAN were both directed to vacate motor parks across the 18 local government areas of the state and to stop collecting money from taxi drivers and other motorists.
Akeredolu suspends NURTW, RTEAN
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The Lagos State Government has put plans together to restrict the movement of trucks and trailers from the hours of 9pm to 6am.
Commissioner for Transport, Frederic Oladeinde, in a meeting with stakeholders on Wednesday, said the move was geared towards curbing road crashes in the state.
The meeting consisted of stakeholders from the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Nigerian Ports Authority, Vehicle Inspection Service, Committee of Maritime Truck Unions and Associations amongst others.
Oladeinde said, “This is part of the continuous efforts of the present administration to curb the consistent road crashes attributed to the activities/operations of trucks/trailers on our roads which leads to loss of lives and property.”