Iyiola Oni(Phd) e. Maintaining peaceful conditions, law and order around the polling and counting centres. f. Providing security for electoral officials at the voting and counting centres. g. Ensuring the security of election materials at the voting centres and during transportation. h. Ensuring the security of all electoral materials, personnel and citizens during registration of voters, update, revision and any other electoral event. 5.4 Transport in Nigeria The transport sector today constitutes one of the greatest employers of labour in the Nigerian economy. The impact of transporters can be felt in every aspect of the Nigerian society, especially during election rallies and campaign. Transporters have served as partners with the government in the process of political development and service delivery. In 1978, a milestone occurred in the history of the road transporters in Nigeria with the formation of the NURTW. Since this date, the activities of the road transporters have revolved around the NURTW. Along with the NURTW, there are other road transport unions and unions for other modes of transportation in Nigeria, they include: a. RTEAN b. NARTO c. MWUN 84 The Role of Transport Unions in Election Security d. NUATW e. NUR f. ALBON g. NUPENG h. PENGASSAN i. ACOMORAN j Keke NAPEP * The full meaning of these are on the list of abbreviations and acronyms used in the book on page xli. 5.5. Roles of Transport Unions in Election Security The roles of transport unions in election security can be viewed from varying perspectives. Several schools of thought will defer when addressing the roles transport unions play in election security. These roles can be divided into two main categories, which are: a. The positivist roles b. The negativist roles a. The Positivist Roles As the name describes, these roles envisage duties that transport unions can play during electoral processes. These roles include: i. Being core part-takers in political rallies& campaigns ii. Sensitization of voters providing effective& efficient transportation of election personnel, materials& results b. The Negativist Roles More often than not, these negativist roles are of greater manifest in the Nigerian scenario. Past electoral experiences had brought to light the nefarious activities that some transporters perform with the intention of disrupting the electoral process. They include: 85