The Chairman, Lagos State Parks and Garages Management, Musiliu Akinsanya, known better as MC Oluomo, has debunked claims that bus drivers in the state are attacked.
This is as he also called on the aggrieved commercial bus drivers to channel their grievances to the appropriate quarters.
The PUNCH reports that the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria said its strike action continues till November 6, 2022.
The drivers in Lagos State embarked on a boycott on Monday, October 31, 2022, over extortions on the roads allegedly by the motor parks and garages management in the state.
The Chairman, Lagos State Parks and Garages Management, Musiliu Akinsanya, known better as MC Oluomo, has debunked claims that bus drivers in the state are attacked.
This is as he also called on the aggrieved commercial bus drivers to channel their grievances to the appropriate quarters.
The PUNCH reports that the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria said its strike action continues till November 6, 2022.
The drivers in Lagos State embarked on a boycott on Monday, October 31, 2022, over extortions on the roads allegedly by the motor parks and garages management in the state.
“As we speak, we have not received any communication from anyone on the issue of extortion or harassment. They ought to have reported the matter to their branch chairmen or bring it to the state secretariat if the branch chairmen are not forthcoming,” he stated in a statement.
He cautioned the group against politicising the operations of commercial transportation in the state.
“The purported strike action has a political undertone. If not, how come they are coming under a name unknown to the law? The government recognises two bodies – the suspended National Union of Road Transport Union in Lagos State and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria. The Joint Drivers’ Welfare Association of Nigeria is not known.
“Despite that, the state government’s Liaison Officer to the Parks and Garages Management, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, has also waded into the matter and held a meeting with them. Instead of adhering to the agreement reached, they resulted in blackmailing the respected retired police officer,” he said.
Comrade Lemboye denied the allegation of attack on members of the aggrieved body.
“The Chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages Management Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya is a peaceful person and will never subscribe to such illegalities. More so, our operations are limited in the Berger area of Badagry where they alleged that some of their people were attacked,” he said.
While enjoining members of the public to go about their lawful duties, he said Akinsanya has been liaising with branch chairmen on how to handle the grievances of the aggrieved transporters in a peaceful manner.
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