OGHA wades into mine workers, truck owners’ conflict

The Ogun State House of Assembly (OGHA) has passed a resolution addressing the conflict between the Nigerian Union of Mine Workers and the Truck Owners Association of Nigeria on revenue collection in the state. The assembly resolved that the jurisdiction of the Nigerian Mine Worker falls within the quarry and as such, has the moral […]

The Ogun State House of Assembly (OGHA) has passed a resolution addressing the conflict between the Nigerian Union of Mine Workers and the Truck Owners Association of Nigeria on revenue collection in the state.

The assembly resolved that the jurisdiction of the Nigerian Mine Worker falls within the quarry and as such, has the moral justification to ticket the purchaser of its product and that the purchaser or owner of the granite will incur the ticket fee.

The resolution also affirmed that the truck owners could organise other relevant stakeholders in the granite carriage business and also at liberty to levy all trucks loading granite from all quarries across the state, for the same amount as the Nigerian mine workers in the interest of the associations.

The passage of the resolution followed the presentation of the report of the joint House Committees on Industry, Trade and Investments, as well as Justice, Ethics and Public Petitions, in respect of the rift between the Nigerian Union of Mine Workers and Truck Owners Association of Nigeria, over revenue collection.

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It was presented by Hon. Adebisi Oyedele, who thereafter moved for its adoption, seconded by Hon. Oluseun Adesanya and supported by the Whole House.

The Majority Leader, Yusuf Sheriff, later moved the motion converting the committees’ recommendations into the House resolution, which was seconded by the Minority Leader, Lukman Adeleye and supported by the Whole House, through a unanimous voice vote.

“The committee advised the two parties to meet, synergise and come up with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The parties consented to the advice of the committee and promised to forward their resolution to the committee.”