RTEAN, NURTW protest removal of speed breakers on Ilorin-Jebba highway
Hundreds of of individuals of the Twin carriageway Transport Employers Affiliation of Nigeria (RTEAN) and the National Union of Twin carriageway Transport Workers (NURTW) in Kwara Converse on Wednesday staged a snarl against the removal of roam breakers along the Oko-Olowo piece of the Ilorin-Jebba Expressway.
The protesters, joined by native residents, decried the contemporary removal of the protection bumps by a federal contractor dealing with rehabilitation works on the toll road, warning that the improvement has ended in a resurgence in fatal avenue crashes.
Carrying placards with messages such as “Cease killing us in Oko-Olowo,” “Reinstall roam breakers now,” and “Our lives topic,” the demonstrators demanded the immediate restoration of the obstacles.
RTEAN Chairman in the affirm, Alhaji Abdulrahman Onikijipa, who led the snarl alongside his NURTW counterpart, Alhaji Abdulrasaq Ariwoola, said the payment breakers had seriously diminished accidents sooner than their removal.
“These absorb been lifesaving constructions installed after repeated conferences with the Kwara Converse authorities. Though the avenue is federal, the affirm stepped in to prevent additional bloodshed. We can now now not fold our arms and stare our individuals and commuters die,” Onikijipa said.
He accused the federal contractor of inserting off the bumps without consulting the public or offering any quite a entire lot of security measures and called on the federal authorities to behave impulsively, warning that transport unions will most certainly be compelled to escalate their agitation.
Ariwoola, represented by NURTW Converse Secretary Mr. Aliyu Rasheed, added that the unions would proceed light protests if their concerns weren't addressed. He called for the constructing of overhead bridges and pedestrian walkways as long-term solutions.
“We absorb recorded avoidable deaths. The roam breakers absorb been working. Their removal without replacements is reckless. We’re appealing to the federal Ministry of Works to urgently intervene,” Ariwoola acknowledged.
The unions stressed that whereas they proceed to be law-abiding, they wouldn't hesitate to protect stress until action is taken to safeguard lives on the busy expressway.
