NURTW Passes Vote of No Confidence in Baruwa

The National Union of Road Transport Worker, NURTW has passed votes of no confidence on a former president of the union, Tajudeen Baruwa,

The National Chairman, NURTW Caretaker Committee, Tajudeen Agbede, said this while speaking at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja.

You will recall that Baruwa’s tenure as the union’s president expired on August 28.

According to Agbede, members in the various states and zones unanimously passed a vote of no confidence on Alh. Tajudeen Baruwa.

The caretaker committee chairman alleged that Baruwa had committed many atrocities while he served as the union’s president from August 2019 to August 2023.

He alleged that Baruwa had reduced membership of the union in the International Transport Federation from 400,000 members to a paltry 160,000 members.

Agbede also noted that the former president failed or neglected to pay affiliation dues when appropriate, thus causing the union to be deregistered from ITF.

He, however, noted that sundry letters received from the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC during Baruwa’s administration were various demands for payment of affiliation dues.

He added that the dues at one point were owed for as long as 18 months, from April – December 2021 and January — September 2022.

Agbede said that Baruwa failed or neglected to account for INEC funds paid during his administration for the 2023 general election.

He also noted that during the four-year administration of the former president of the union, the National Executive Council only held four times.

He said that this was against the constitutional provisions of Article 10 (2) of the union’s constitution.

Agbede also said Baruwa had arbitrarily mandated the posting of union staff without concomitant relocation allowances or transfer claims, among others.

He added that this caused unnecessary hardship and adversity to staff.

NAN reports that Baruwa was elected president for a second four-year term on August 25 in a unanimous decision