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MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2004           Investigate unregistered filling stations ... NURTW urged KNSG By ABUBAKAR G. YA�U & SHEHU M. TAHIR KANO state government has been called upon to set up a committee to investigate the activities of unregistered filling stations. The call was made by the chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Kano state branch, Alhaji Garba Tafida G.Y. while speaking to Daily Triumph last Wednesday in Kano. He also challenged the recent strike called by IPMAN and NARTO describing it as self-centred. He said the strike by the two associations was planned in order to create an avenue to sell their products at high prices without caring the impact it would have on people. Alhaji Tafida also commended his members for not increasing transport fares during the strike despite the hardship the strike created on all and sundry. He appealed to members of the National Assembly to make all efforts to ensure that federal government provides petroleum products to northern depots. Northern members of the Assembly should always depend the interest of Northern people as well as Nigeria as a whole, he stated. In the same vein, the chairman of National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) Kano state branch, Alhaji Kassim Ibrahim Bataiya complained about the exhorbitant prices of diesel which was hiked to N80 from N40 per litre expressing dismay over the condition of roads in Nigeria, adding that lack of road maintenance, check points and security of our highways made them to support the IPMAN�s decision on the strike. The chairman also urged the NURTW to always viewed such, adding that the union refusal to partake in the strike is not for the interest of the masses, reiterating that the responsibility to depend the interest of the masses rests on members of state and national assemblies. Bataiya also stressed the need for the masses to always be current on national issues like these, adding that it was only through regular listening to media that the masses would be kept abreast of situations. From this, he said, they would also know where to put the blame on regarding the situation in the country, expressing gratitude to the members of his union for their support to the decision taken by it on the strike action. SITE TOOLS Print This Page   EMAIL THIS PAGE Friend's Name: Friend's  Email: Your Name: Your Email:           � Triumph Publishing Company Limited 2004

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