NURTW: Osun Govt insists on Alowonle as MC Oluomo inaugurates Oyewale
NURTW: Osun Govt insists on Alowonle as MC Oluomo inaugurates Oyewale
The Osun State government has insisted that Comrade Nurudeen Alowonle remains substantive leadership of Osun NURTW, clarifying that the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke did not at any time dissolve the union leadership nor remove any duly appointed officers of the union.Geographic Reference
This is as the National President of the Union, Musiliu Akinsanya also known as MC Oluomo inaugurated Kazeem Oyewale popularly known as Asiri Eniba as the caretaker chairman of the Union.Law Enforcement
The inauguration was held at the Union’s headquarters in Abuja on Friday.
Kolapo Alimi, the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment in a statement clarified he did not dissolve the Alowonle-led union leadership.
The statement posited that Alowonle and his executive were appointed by the national leadership of the NURTW under Comrade MC Oluomo in line with the regulations and guidelines of the national union, submitting that “there is no vacuum in the leadership of the union.
Alimi said, “The state Government is using this medium to clarify that, at no time did the state government dissolved the Executives of the NURTW at all levels, what the security council directive is all about is to suspend all activities of the union in all our parks pending the restoration of peace in all the parks.
“We need to reinstate that, the Alowonle led executives is the only recognized leadership of the Osun state NURTW both by the National leadership of the union and by the Osun state Government.”Geographic Reference
In the meantime, the National leadership has inaugurated Oyewale as the caretaker chairman for Osun.
Reacting to the suspension, the National President of the NURTW, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, said no state government has the authority to suspend the activities of the union.
Represented by the union’s Deputy National President, Aliyu Ore, Akinsanya said the union was established by law and had previously secured court victories against similar actions by state governments.
“It would be recalled that in the last few months in Osun State, we lacked leadership of our union in Osun. Despite calling and sending a series of letters to invite our leadership in Osun, which they failed to honour, we heard they are on the run.
“We could not leave the activities of the union without having leadership on the ground. Today, we heard that the state governor in Osun suspended the activities of our union, which they don’t have the power to do.
“Not any single state governor has the power to suspend the activities of the union because we are not under any state. There is an Act that established the NURTW,” Ore said.
In his acceptance speech, Oyewale promised to take the union to new heights, adding that under him there would be a turnaround in the administration of the union, adding that he would uphold the Constitution of the country and the union.
