Lagos State Government has
ordered the immediate suspension of all union activities on the Island
indefinitely.
The decision was taken following
the crisis rocking the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos
Island Chapter.
Commissioner of Police, Imohimi
Edgal, who announced this after a Security Council Meeting held at the Lagos
House, Alausa and chaired by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, stated that the
decision was to curb any further breakdown of law and order and restore peace
in the area.
He said: “In view of the crisis
rocking the NURTW chapter of the Lagos Island and the insecurity it is creating
on the Island, the Security Council Meeting today chaired by the State
Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has ordered that union activities be suspended
on the Island until further notice.
“We are also using the opportunity
to call on NURTW leadership in the State that nobody or group of persons,
organisations would be allowed to tamper with the peaceful security situation
in Lagos State and that the Government would not hesitate to proscribe
completely all union activities in the State if their members do not obey the
laws of the land and ensure that their activities do not amount to breaching
the peace.
“In all the town hall meetings,
the message has been the same. We have launched ‘Operation Know Your Neighbour’.
Knowing our neighbour is a vital aspect of community policing and community
safety partnership and that aspect will improve neighbourhood security where at
least we get to know what our neighbours do and we would be able to report any
wrong doing.
“We are expected that wherever we
are, either in our homes, in our churches, mosques, business premises, offices,
we are expected to know who our neighbour is and what our neighbour does and if
there is anything suspicious or untoward, we are expected to pass information
quickly to the police in line with community policing”.
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