The Labour Party (LP) may still be writhing in its protracted internal crisis. Hence, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its organ – the National Administrative Council (NAC) – to take immediate steps to rebrand the party.
The NLC tasked the NAC to take steps to merge or form a coalition with like-minded parties to defend LP’s interests and those of Nigerian workers in the party with a view to reclaiming the party.
In a communiqué issued at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, by its President Joe Ajaero, the NLC said these decisions would return the LP to its original ideological roots.
The NLC has failed to recognise the leadership of the party under Julius Abure as the National Chairman after a convention in Anambra State returned him as the party’s national chairman.
The communiqué restated the NLC’s commitment to ensuring that the party remained a true vehicle for the emancipation of Nigerian workers and “the oppressed masses”.
It reads: “After carefully examining the unfortunate events in the Labour Party, which was a creation of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the opaqueness that pervades its activities, NEC-in-session directed the National Administrative Council (NAC) to take immediate steps, which may include rebranding, merger or forming of coalitions to defend the interests of NLC and Nigerian workers in the party with a view to reclaiming the party and returning it to its original ideological roots.
“The congress will not allow the Labour Party to be hijacked by reactionary forces who do not represent the aspirations of the working people and broader Nigerian people.
“The NLC remains committed to ensuring that the party remains a true vehicle for the emancipation of Nigerian workers and the oppressed masses.”
