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  • Road transport workers react as FG lifts interstate travel ban

    Road transport workers react as FG lifts interstate travel ban

    The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has advised its members to comply with the guidelines on the prevention of the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the ban on interstate was lifted.

    Mr Osakpamwan Eriyo, Executive National President of RTEAN, who gave the advice on Tuesday in Abuja, said the ban had created a lot of hardship on its members.

    The Federal Government inmposed the ban on interstate travelling on May 4 to help curb the spread of Coronavirus in the country.

    While thanking the Federal Government for lifting the ban, the RTEAN boss, however advised its members to religiously adhere to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines on preventions.

    Eriyo commended members of the Union for obeying the directives of the PTF and warned that they adhered to the rule of 50 per cent capacity of the passengers to be carried by the vehicle.

    “We have also passed out instructions to our state Chairmen, unit Executives and park managers to ensure that every person on a journey should wear a face mark.

    “Maintaining of social or physical distancing, provision of water, soap and hand sanitizers in all parks and testing of temperature.

    “We sincerely thank the Chairman of PTF, Boss Mustapha, Secretary to Government of the Federation and President Mohammadu Buhari for approving the lifting of interstate ban.

    “Our members really suffered during this period. We play a crucial role in the Transport sub-sector, and we urge the Federal Government to also provide some palliatives for our members,” Eriyo told NAN.

  • APC offered me money, luxury cars to fight Fayose – RTEAN boss

    The Ekiti State Chairman of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, Samuel Agbede, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, of offering him bribe to work against Governor Ayodele Fayose.

    He said the opposition party also promised him political appointment, luxury cars and other incentives if the association could support it in its plan to frustrate the state government.

    Agbede said his rejection of the bribe led the APC to sponsor some willing members of RTEAN to cause confusion in the association.

    Speaking with DAILY POST in Ado Ekiti during the inauguration of the first phase of the state RTEAN secretariat, Agbede vowed that no amount of harassment, intimidation and threat will make him to withdraw support for Fayose.

    “They offered me money, promises political position and luxury cars among other things. I rejected them.

    “Their latest antics is that they gathered former members of the executives to be causing trouble within the association.

    “I will never deviate. I’m working in line with the Constitution of RTEAN which says we should support the government of the day,” he said

    Reeling out his achievements, Agbede said he had empowered over 30 drivers by making them car owners since assumption of office and promised to continue to do so.

    He appealed to members to control their emotion so as not to harass innocent private car owners on the road.