Eko Hot Blog reports that Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has agreed to step down as Chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW).
Oluomo announced this decision on Sunday after a meeting with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other key stakeholders at Government House, Alausa, Ikeja.
Oluomo noted that he has agreed to cede power to Mustapha Adekunle (Sego), the current Treasurer of the union in the state, and that in he is going further to contest for NURTW President.
Governor Sanwo-Olu In a group picture with MC Oluomo And the new NURTW Chairman
He said that the decision and changes would take effect before the end of January 2024.
Sources at the meeting said that Oluomo was prevailed upon to contest for the presidency of the union since one of the factional President of the union Tajudeen Agbede is currently bedridden. Agbede is said to be down with stroke.
Aside Sanwo-Olu, others at the meeting were Sanwo- Olu’s Chief of Staff, Tayo Ayinde, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi ,Commissioner for Transportation, Sola Giwa, Special Adviser to the governor on Transportation, Commissioner of Police in Lagos and the Director of DSS in Lagos, Dapo Amao.
MC Oluomo In NURTW Regalia
Others at the meeting were the current exco members of the union in the state.
Oluomo, whose suspension from the union was lifted four months ago reportedly ran into trouble after he accepted to be the acting chairman of the union in South West.
The suspension order was lifted by Agbede, in his inaugural address in Abuja in August.
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