NURTW passes vote of no confidence on Tajudeen Agbede’s leadership

Rising from its Central Working Committee (CWC) held in its headquarters in Abuja, NURTW, in a communiqué signed by the National Chairman Caretaker Committee, Alhaji Tajudeen Badiru Agbede, said Baruwa failed to abide by the constitutional provisions with respect to succession.

In full, the communique said, “The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), held at the National Secretariat of the Union on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, we, the undersigned, having the mandate of our members in the various States and Zones, unanimously passed a VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE on Alh. Tajudeen Ibikunile Baruwa for the many atrocities he committed while he served as President of the Union from August 2019 to August 2023 for the following reasons:

“In a letter referenced NLC/NS/A.16 dated August 27th, 2019, the NLC wrote to NURTW commending the union for showing “good example to other affiliate unions of the NLC by continuing to be financially up to date” and for “being financially up to date as of the end of July 2019″.

However, there are various letters received from NLC during Alh. Tajudeen Baruwa’s administration that demanded payment of affiliation dues; at one point, they were owed for as long as 18 months (April–December 2021) and January–September 2022.

“Against the constitutional provisions of Article 10(2) of the Union’s constitution, which requires that the National Executive Council (NEC) shall meet every six (6) months, Mr Tajudeen Baruwa, for the 4 years of his administration, only held 4 NEC meetings!

“He arbitrarily mandated the posting of union staff without concomitant relocation allowances or transfer claims and cleared off the savings of staff in their cooperative account, thus causing unnecessary hardship and adversity to staff.

“He failed to abide by constitutional provisions in respect to succession by refusing and/or neglecting to conduct credible Zonal Delegate Elections for the continuity of the Union, thus putting the Union into unnecessary drama before right-thinking members of the public.

“He breached the constitutional provisions of Article 3(5) of our Constitution (under Aims and Objectives), which provide for the advancement of the education and training of staff and members of the Union.

For the 4 years of Mr Tajusdeen Baruwa’s administration, there were no organised trainings for staff and members’ self-improvement, very unlike previous administrations where regular trainings and workshops were organised locally, nationally, and internationally.”

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