The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has invalidated the reinstatement of Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party and his National Working Committee, following a national convention held in Nnewi, Anambra state. In a communiqué issued after the NLC Political Commission Stakeholders meeting in Abuja, the Congress expressed a vote of no confidence in the purported convention and the leadership that emerged from it.
The communiqué,
disseminated to the press in Abuja, was endorsed by key figures including Prof.
Theophilus Ndubuaku, Chairman of the NLC Political Commission, Mr Abdulwahed
Omar, former President of the NLC, and Mr S.O.Z. Ejiofor, Chairman of the Board
of Trustees of the Labour Party, among others.
According to the
communiqué, the NLC endorsed the formation of a Transition Committee under the
aegis of the NLC Political Commission to oversee the affairs of the party
temporarily. The stakeholders resolved that the transition committee should
manage the party's affairs until the conduct of an all-inclusive and expansive
National Convention.
The stakeholders
also stipulated that once constituted, the transition committee should assume
control of the party's secretariats nationwide. They further mandated the
committee to initiate an assets recovery process for all Labour Party
properties and to audit cases of fraud, impersonation, and forgery involving
former party officials. Per the demands of Mr Peter Obi, the leader of the
Labour Party, the stakeholders insisted on diligent prosecution of those
implicated in wrongdoing.
Expressing
disappointment in the conduct of a few discredited former officers, the
stakeholders emphasized the urgency for the transition committee to organize an
inclusive national convention within three months of its establishment. This
process, they explained, would commence with ward congresses, progress to local
government and state congresses, and culminate in a comprehensive National Convention
in Abuja.
Furthermore, the
stakeholders tasked the Transition Committee with the revalidation of current
party members and the registration of new members through the issuance of new
membership cards and collection of membership dues. They anticipated this
mobilization effort would increase the party's membership to 10 million.
In light of the
communiqué, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and relevant
security agencies were notified of the developments in the Labour Party. The stakeholders
called for official communication to INEC and others to recognize the
Transition Committee as the interim leadership of the Labour Party.
Finally, the
stakeholders reaffirmed that the Labour Party is inclusive and welcomes all
Nigerians irrespective of their background, ethnicity, religion, or
socio-economic status.
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