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In a swift reaction to the protest by the Bayelsa indigenous tricycle riders association (BITRA) three days ago, the Bayelsa state chairman of the Road transport employees association of Nigeria(RTEAN), Comrade, Ifie Oyinkuro Ereboh has denied claims made by the BITRA members.
Describing the BITRA protest as one carried out in error, the RTEAN helmsman said his union has never and would not stopped any other legally registered and gazzeted trade union from operating in the state.
Ereboh who also spoke on the proliferation of motor parks in the state said his union and other sister unions were working toward addressing the issue for the safety of all passengers,describing the trend as worrisome.
The RTEAN chairman cautioned against illegal sale of tickets and collection of fees by unauthorized,non-affiliate members of his association and other registered and gazzeted sister transport unions.
He said his association has never stopped BITRA from operating as a Tricycle group as they claimed, save for urging them to do what he described as the right way of obtaining the leave to operate as a trade Union.
“Already BITRA under their false protest have petitioned and sued RTEAN and myself to the national industrial court.
“But I think the right thing should be done before they could operate as a trade Union. For we in RTEAN,we’re a gazzeted trade union”, he said.
