NURTW Set To Combat Highway Crimes With E-Tracking

 

The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) said it will track members’ vehicles electronically to address the spate of kidnapping and insecurity on expressways. The union during the National Executive Council meeting at the Zone II Secretariat, Ikirun road, Osogbo, Osun state capital, said it is imperative for them to use electronic tracking device in curbing the menace of kidnapping and insecurity on expressways in the country.

Its National President, Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa, lamented that in recent times, the union has lost many members to banditry while many were kidnapped.

He said: “We have resolved to use tracking to monitor our members’ vehicles. This will help us to alert our members of impending dangers.

“We admonish our members to be protection aware, the difficulty of lack of confidence in the us of a is worrisome. Many times our contributors are been abducted across the united states of america, we've misplaced many contributors because of insecurity and there is no compensation from the government. So we really want to be careful and vigilant when we are on the steering. E-tracking will help passengers and our individuals when we placed it to apply”.

Baruwa thanked contributors for their guide and self assurance in his administration.

He said the management become faced with extreme economic challenges and the emergence of the COVID19 affected their sales.

He confessed that it became a miracle to continue to exist the devastating effect of the lockdown.

The NURTW boss called on members to diversify its funding so as to reduce the depending on the union tickets.