ONE MAN SOLDIER CONTINUES TO FIGHT
AGAINST ROAD UNIONISTS
OVER RIGHTS
By Abdulmumini Adeku.
A Nigerian citizen from Nembe Village ,Mr Sylva Isaiah who is 33 years of
age has revealed exclusively to the News
Office Desk of Paedia Express Multimedia in Lagos,Nigeria of humiliating
treatments been meted out to him by members of the Iju-Ishaga, Lagos Chapter of the National Union of Road
Transports Workers on account of his disability.
In a tearful tone ,the soft spoken Nigerian said that the
unionists have made his job hellish as
they have continually harassed him with police and even threatened to arrest
him and charge him to court if he did not quit the trade.
He pointed out to this reporter that he was surprised that
this was happening to him in the same organization that allows freedom of
association and enterprise in its Surulere and Ojuelegba chapters in the state.
He enjoined all stakeholders in the polity to come to his
aide as the tricycle trade was the only means of livelihood that has kept him going
and banning him from doing it now , would amount to passing a death sentence on
him.
He later pleaded with this reporter to help him publish
uncensored his petition on the same
subject to vital public in the system so that his problems and others like him can finally be addressed
by the government
The General Manager,
Lagos State Office of Disability Affairs,
Ikeja
29th May,2016..
PETITION AGAINST IJU-ISHAGA, LAGOS CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF ROAD TRANSPORT WORKERS OVER MY CONTINUAL HUMILIATION DUE TO MY STATUS
Dear Sir,
My name
is Mr Sylva Isaiah ,33 years of age and I hail from Nembe Town in Bayelsa State of Nigeria.
I have very strong and valid reasons to believe very strongly
that a high wired conspiracy game has being hatched against my humble self by
members of the Iju –Ishaga ,Lagos Chapter of the National Union of Road
,Transport and Workers [N.U.R.T.W.]to the extent that they are making efforts
at banning me from using my tricycle [keke Napep]from plying their route thus
putting a wedge directly on my financial livelihood.
They told me verbally that due to my inability to walk on my
two feet that it was abysmally wrong for me to be involved in the trade and on
at least five different occasions I have suffered intense persecution and
humiliation as a result of the aforementioned…
I normally have difficulties getting passengers at the motor
park and I will plead with officials of the Lagos State government to help me
and others in my condition to provide a suitable option in the motor parks so
that even when we do not have the required number of passengers as stipulated
by N.U.R.T.W rules we will be given a pass to do our business.
There was a day I was driving through after picking two
passengers from Elliot Bus Stop and I met with the chairman of the union in the
area for the first time and he warned me to desist from doing the business as my special status will not
warrant me to be involved in the trade…
The chairman also told me that if I refused to heed his
warnings he will be left with no option than to order my arrest and asked that
I be charged to court immediately…
Members of union at this juncture decided to punish me by
deflating my tyres so that I will be discouraged from the trade .
This incident which took place on the 24th of
May,2016 got to a height at around 11:00P.M. in the night after they had
apprehended me earlier at 6:00P.M ,when they on their own decided to involve
the Nigerian Police to warn me not to ply the Iju-Ishaga route anymore for my
business.
The Policeman revealed that they have a lot of disable
people in the prison whom they arrested and locked up because they will not stop the tricycle business and used the forum to warn me
seriously that if I did not stop the trade they will arrest me ,lock me up and
sue to court for disobedience.
I am surprised that this is happening because I have friends
in Surulere ,Ojuelegba area with similar condition who do same business in the
state ,under the same N.U.R.T.W. and yet do not in any way suffer from the kind
of humiliation and persecution am made
to face at Iju-Ishaga Motor Park in Lagos ,Nigeria..
Thanks,
Yours Faithfully,
Sylva Isaiah
CC:
1]Paedia Express
2]Lawyer
3]Nigerian Police
4]N.U.R.T.W.
5]Lagos State
6]Nigerian Presidency
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