He said elections would take place in six constituencies covering seven local government areas.
“Besides the increase in fuel price, we have a lot of bad roads, and a lot of policies taken on the transportation sector are not favourable,” said NURTW.
Some workers who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that their leaders were yet to direct them to comply.
The sector commander noted that the use of alcohol and drugs affected the decisions of drivers negatively, thus sometimes leading to accidents.
“These crashes involved 123 vehicles and 602 people.”
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have agreed to suspend the industrial action planned for October 3 for 30 days.
“We could not imagine that a government, elected under the banner of Labour Party, could have written such a letter.”
Persecuting Abians simply because they had one thing or the other to do with previous administrations is unprecedented, unproductive, unpalatable and unpardonable.
Mr Yakubu said INEC considered it appropriate to interface with field officers and transport union to review logistic arrangements during the 2023 general poll.
NURTW’s South-West zone has expressed readiness to unite and reconcile with all aggrieved member states that withdrew from the union.
