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Commercial Motorcyclists aka Okada riders in Egbeda, Alimosho Local Government area of Lagos State yesterday protested against the “imposition of the union” on them.
The riders, in their hundreds, stormed the ANACOWA Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association, an affiliate of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), to complain about their members being registered under the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW).
According to a unit chairman in Olugbede Park, Egbeda, Yinusa Mohammed, “We are committed and loyal to ANACOWA and we have been operating until Motorcyclists Association of Lagos State (MOALS) and Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Owner and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN) have been imposing themselves on us which we rejected. We believe there is freedom of association and we have chosen where we wish to operate. We reject MOALS.”
Mohammed urged his colleagues to remain calm and be law, abiding, promising that the situation will be resolved amicably.
A member, Moses Nwachukwu, said he was pleased with the Alimosho Local Government Executive Secretary, Jelili Sulayman who gave them the permit to operate, adding: “Please warn NURTW to stop imposing themselves on; us we have our parks and we have never disturbed any park. MOALS are the ones carrying guns threatening us to belong to their group.”
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