Stakeholders of NURTW, TOOAN Back Tinubu’s presidential bid, Sanwo-Olu’s re-election
The leadership of the Tricycles Owners and Operators Association of Nigeria (TOOAN) and principal officers of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), on Thursday, expressed their backing for the presidential ambition of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the re-election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The stakeholders made this known at a press conference held in Lagos .
The leaders who gathered to offer their solidarity for Asiwaju for 2023 include, Alhaji Rafiu Akanni Olohunwa, former Chairman NURTW, Lagos Council, Seyi Bankole, Secretary NURTW, Lagos State , Alhaji Muritala Lawa , former Chairman TOOAN Lagos Council and other top NURTW leaders.
All promised to mobilise their grassroot support base for the realisation of the presidential ambition of Asiwaju Tinubu in the 2023 general elections and that of Governor Babajide Sanwoolu’s second term bid.
They also restated their commitment to the continued existence of the NURTW in Lagos State, insisting that they were never part of any body or group calling for the dissolution of NURTW in the state.
The leaders used the occasion to offer their support for Alhaji Abiola Azeez, Istijabah as the TOOAN Lagos State chairman.
According to them, Tinubu more than any other aspirant, deserves the support of Nigerians because of his sterling contributions to national development, his modernisation policies while he was Lagos State governor and his nose for picking his successors in the state.
Speaking to all the members of the association across Lagos State, Alhaji Azeez, Istijabah, stated that the association under him has pledged total support to the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwoolu, adding that the tricycles association would back his second term bid.
Azeez assured members to be calm, saying that the current crisis would soon be resolved, while pledging his loyalty to Alhaji Ibikunle Baruwa, National President of NURTW.
In his comments, Alhaji Olorunwa, called for calm, tracing the genesis of the current crisis in NURTW to Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya’s unwillingness to abide by the arbitration of the national headquarters of the union, and instead declared that he had pulled out Lagos chapter from the national body.
Comrade Bankole Oluwaseni, the state secretary of NURTW further shed light on the position of Olorunwa, he stated that the whole issue was between Alhaji Akinsanya and the Board of Trustees of TOOAN.
According to him, Akinsanya was imposing his own people who were not members of the tricycles association on TOOAN, while the authentic members and founding members were shut out.
