THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has again passed a vote of no confidence to confirm Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP).
While LP has recently been embroiled in a leadership dispute, NLC President Joe Ajaero maintains that Abure is the party’s chairman.
The NLC president stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
“Well, Julius Abure remains the national chairman of the Labour Party. Nobody has conducted any convention,” he said Tuesday.
“There is no meeting nor NEC meeting called which NLC as trustees has attended where any officer has been removed.”
According to him, a convention will soon be held to elect new leaders.
“So, any distraction for people to perpetuate themselves in office is not acceptable to us. That is where we are and it is the position as of today,” he said.
“You can’t just wake up and say you have removed leaders. It is not acceptable to us! We should know but it does not mean leaders cannot be removed. Leaders can be removed any moment.”
An LP chieftain, Lamidi Apapa, declared himself party chairman, but the NLC says he is not recognized.
The NLC chief pointed out that even if Abure was removed, a NEC meeting must be held to elect a replacement, which has not been the case with Apapa.
Aside from the Labour Party leadership dispute, Ajaero discussed the country’s labor crises.
The NLC chief blamed President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for failing to fulfill workers’ requests, which he says will cause problems for the incoming administration.
“The Buhari administration, I think they tried their best in ensuring there is industrial harmony to the best of their capacity,” Ajaero added.
“But that capability was not enough. Most of the industrial disputes they treated were unfinished. ”
He said agreements signed with several unions are yet to be implemented.
“There is hardly any agreement that was conclusively decided. That is why I pity the incoming government because a lot of industrial crises seem to be looming,” he said.
