The ambition of Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa to secure a second term as president of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) yesterday suffered a setback, as an industrial court sitting in Lagos adjourned a case challenging his eligibility for second term till November 29.
The National Vice President of the union (Southwest), Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede and six other members from Southwest states (Oyo,Ogun,Ondo, Osun Lagos and Ekiti) are challenging the legibility of Baruwa to go for second term, “because union activities are virtually absent in Southwest states.”
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Similarly, an industrial court in Abuja last Tuesday adjourned a case also challenging the eligibility of Baruwa for second term till October.
With the two cases adjourned, it implies that that the union will not be able to hold its delegate conference earlier slated for August, as doing anything contrary will be tantamount to contempt of court.
Baruwa and his executive were inaugurated on August 29, 2019 for a term of four years. Constitutionally his tenure will expire on August 28, 2023.