2019 Election: RTEAN tasks INEC on transportation MOU

The leadership of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has lamented the delay in signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between its Union and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the movement of logistics on the forthcoming general election. In a press release by the Special Adviser on Media to the Executive President, Comrade Osakpamwan Eriyo, Ben Ogbemudia said the Ministry of Labour and Productivity and the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) have also written to the Chairman of INEC, identifying with the current headship of RTEAN, but they are surprised for the delay in signing the MOU bearing in mind that the election is fast approaching. Ogbemudia said despite that some close Aides of INEC chairman confirmed receipt of the letter of the Minister of Labour, he wondered what is happening within the INEC Management staff in delaying the signing as their sisters Union has already signed theirs long ago. One Comrade Benson Upah, Head of Administration, Nigeria Labour Congress also confirmed Comrade Osakpamwan Eriyo leadership of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria. “We want to say that the leadership of RTEAN in Nigeria is not in doubt, if you come to our National Headquarters in 4B Arusha Crescent, Zone one Wuse, you will see Comrade Osakpamwan Eriyo and his Executives in office. What else do you need to proof who is authentic or not. If there is another person they INEC know, they should tell us. So, we are waiting patiently for them to call us to do the needful”. Idu Jude Abuja