Members of the State Executive Council (Exco) of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) rose from an emergency meeting on Monday with the rejection of the purported dissolution of the exco by its National President Osakpamwan Eriyo.
The aggrieved members claimed that the dissolution, which was not ratified by RTEAN’s National Executive Council (NEC), is null and void.
They advised the Lagos State government not to recognise the purported dissolution, which happened 48 hours after Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had directed his Chief of Staff, Mr Tayo Ayinde, to call a meeting today for an amicable resolution of the grievances among the union’s members.
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The aggrieved members accused Eriyo of attempting to destabilise the Lagos State council and urged the government to disregard any attempt to instigate violence in the state.
Reading the communique signed by the 46 members at the emergency meeting, the state’s Secretary Rahman Lekan Amusan listed seven reasons why the illegal dissolution of the state exco should not stand.
According to him, not only did the NEC not hold any meeting ratifying the decision, in accordance with Article 7, Section 2(d) of the association’s constitution, the current tenure of the state exco had not elapsed and the Secretary General, being an employee of the union, cannot implement a decision that was not decided by the NEC.
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