Shun Protest Against Tinubu’s Led FG, Aiyedatiwa Tells Ondo Residents, NURTW, As Union Drums Support For Governor
By Our Correspondent, 25th July, 2024
The Governor of Ondo State, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa has asked members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the residents of the state not to participate in the planned nationwide protest.
The called against the protest by the governor became necessary following the planned nationwide proposed protest scheduled for August 1.
Speaking through his Special Adviser on Union Matters, Comrade Bola Taiwo, the governor said the peaceful protest is not a bad action, but the latest planned protest was targeted at destroying lives and properties considering the recent Kenyan experience and EndSars protest.
The governor said this at a peace meeting initiated by him and attended by three former chairmen of NURTW, namely Oba Solomon Adejayan, Chief Oladutele Obayoriade, and Jacob Adebo.
He appealed to NURTW members to shun the protest in the interest of the state and her people.
The governor, who also spoke at the peace accord through Comrade Bola Taiwo, said, “We don’t want any pandemonium in our state; bye-bye to any protest; we should not join any protest in this state; we want peace in Ondo State and South West in general.
“During the EndSars protest, a lot of properties were destroyed in this nation, and we look at what is happening in Kenya, it is devastating, and that is why we are engaging the members of the NURTW; we don’t want that here.
“Mr. Governor has given a directive that there should not be any protest that will lead to violence in the state, and that is why we are appealing to everyone in the state not to join the planned protest,” Bola Taiwo said.
Ademola Odudu said, “We have addressed all our members not to join the protest that could lead to any breaking of laws and orders because we are not troublemakers, we are not thugs and we are very responsible.
“The protest will destabilise our constitutional government, and we don’t want that in Ondo State. we have realized that the planned protest is to destabilise the government of President Bola Tinubu.
“In Ondo State, for instance, we have a good governor, and he is a man of peace, who is making sure that we have peace in the state, and we have addressed all our members not to be involved in the protest.
“And whoever is caught among the members of the NURTW who participate in the planned protest will be sanctioned accordingly,” Odudu said.
Speaking at the meeting, the state chairman of the union, Comrade Ademola Odudu, said that members of the union would not join the protest.
Ademola Odudu said, “We have addressed all our members not to join the protest that could lead to any breaking of laws and orders because we are not troublemakers, we are not thugs, and we are very responsible.
“In Ondo State, for instance, we have a good governor, and he is a man of peace who is making sure that we have peace in the state, and we have addressed all our members not to be involved in the protest.
Odudu said, “Whoever is caught among the members of the NURTW who participate in the planned protest will be sanctioned accordingly.
In a separate interviews with the PATH, Oba Solomon Adejayan, Chief Oladutele Obayoriade, Jacob Adebo and Ademola Odudu thrown their weight behind the election of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa ahead of the November 16 Governorship Election in the state.
The NURTW leaders promised to mobilize members of the union for the governor saying his performance since assumption of office will serve as campaign tool among the people.
