Crisis brews as Delta government moves to retrieve City Buses from NURTW

The Delta State wing of the National Union of Road Transport Workers on Wednesday called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to call some government officials in the state to order before they plunge his administration into early crisis.
The union particularly urged Okowa to urgently wade into the brewing crisis involving some government officials who were attempting to forcefully retrieve Delta City Buses from the union members.
The union members were angry that after former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan procured and gave the buses to members of the union to alleviate their poverty, some persons were out to discredit the laudable project.
The state Chairman of the NURTW, Chief Ifeanyi Obi, who briefed journalists in Asaba on Wednesday, said the move to retrieve the vehicles was in bad faith.
According to Obi, it was sinister to conspire against such a people-oriented scheme.
He said: “Nobody wrote officially to us or came to discuss the issue of vehicles with us but all of a sudden, they want to seize the vehicles.
“We believe that the Governor will call these people to order.
“This action is retrogressive and we are pleading to him to quickly intervene.
“We are aware that the issue of buses have not been discussed anywhere.
“The buses do not belong to government again.
“The manner in which some unscrupulous elements are going about collecting the buses is capable of causing crisis because the owners of the buses may violently resist them.”
While Obi begged for more buses to ease transportation challenges of commuters across the state, he wondered why the few vehicles on the road have come under threat.
He said: “This will cause more hardship for Deltans who are direct beneficiaries of the scheme.”
The NURTW Boss lauded Okowa’s administration for the steady efforts to create jobs for Deltans, appealing for support instead of engaging in action that would trigger crisis.