MC Oluomo’s Journey Before NURTW Chairman

MC Oluomo’s Journey Before NURTW Chairman

 

MC Oluomo attended the Afolabi Primary School in Oshodi. He was in primary 3 when his father died. MC Oluomo’s father had married several wives and after his death, his mother, Zinat Omotonwo took him to her hometown in Abeokuta where he completed his primary school education at Olu Efon Primary School in Abeokuta.

After primary six (6), his mum could not afford his school fees anymore, he then became a bus conductor at Adatan, which was formerly called Interstate. Despite being a bus conductor , MC Oluomo said he never joined his contemporaries to smoke cigarettes, Indian hemp or took alcohol , which left many people in shock.

It was almost certain that MC Oluomo would become the chairman of the Lagos State National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) after he became part of the caretaker committee of the Lagos chapter of the transport union.

When the then Lagos NURTW chairman Tajudeen Agbede was promoted to the position of national vice president in Abuja, an 18-man caretaker committee was inaugurated by the national executives to oversee the smooth running and management of the association. The former state executives previously led by Agbede was dissolved following his move to Abuja.

Some members of the Lagos NURTW union had protested MC Oluomo’s involvement in the committee, complaining that he would use his position as a member of the committee to impose himself as the state chairman of the Lagos State NURTW. Despite their agitations, MC Oluomo eventually emerged the new caretaker Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos State in September 2019 and was inaugurated the following month.

Before this appointment, MC Oluomo was the Chairman of the Oshodi Branch of the Lagos NURTW, and also the association’s treasurer.

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Abass Latifat Olamide is an undergraduate student of English Language at the Lagos State University. She is an extrovert by nature and admires hard work and consistency. Follow her on Twitter @Lartholomo,Instagram@Lartholomo,FB page@AbassLatifatOlamide.

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