OGHA RESOLVES CONFLICT BETWEEN MINE WORKERS, TRUCK OWNERS, AS CONSUMER PROTECTION BILL SCALES FIRST READING
Ogun State House of Assembly today passed another resolution addressing issues causing conflict between the Nigerian Union of Mine Workers and Truck Owners Association of Nigeria resolving that the jurisdiction of the Nigerian Mine Worker falls within the Quarry and as such, it has the moral justification to ticket the purchaser of its product and that the purchaser/owner of the granite loaded in a truck is to incur the ticket fee and not the driver or the truck owner. The resolution also affirmed that the truck owners can organize other relevant stakeholders in the granite carriage business, and are also at liberty to levy all trucks loading granite from all quarries across the State, in the same amount as the Nigerian Mine Workers in the general interest of the association. 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 ...