The leadership of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) on Monday insisted that it would not agree with the alleged extortions of its members by the Lagos State government through its constituted Caretaker Committee for the association.
RTEAN’s Executive National President, Alhaji Musa Mohammed, who told newsmen in Lagos yesterday that its members would not pay any levy to the caretaker committee, described the committee’s activities as “illegal”.
Recall that the state government on September 29 suspended all activities of RTEAN and dissolved the union’s elected executive members in the state following some pockets of violence recorded in Ojo and Lagos Island the same day.
It would be recalled also that the leadership of RTEAN earlier before the ban had announced the suspension of one of its Lagos State Vice-Chairmen, Mr Oluwaseyi Bamgbose, popularly known as ‘Student’ for allegedly instigating unrest in the association.
