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TOOAN seeks separation from NURTW to end conflicts

The Lagos State Chairman of Tricycles Owners and Operators Association of Nigeria (TOOAN) Alhaji Azeez Abiola has pleaded with the state government to separate their association from the National Union of Roads and Transport Workers (NURTW) to end frequent conflicts between members of the two groups.

He made the call at a press conference in Lagos, stressing that the only way peace could reign was to be make TOOAN a separate entity.

Members of the two unions had recently engaged in bloody clashes in some parts of Lagos including Mieran, Alimosho, Abule Egba and Command areas.

Abiola said, “Since 1998 that we registered our union as TOOAN, we never had issues with anybody until recently when Alhaji Musiliu Akisanya a.k.a MC Oluomo decided to hijack the union from the original owners; that led to the recent fracas in the state.”

While stressing the need for capacity building for his members across the state, Abiola said the association would intensify its efforts to build microfinance banks and hospitals that would provide safety of lives and property for its members.

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