The crisis rocking the Labour Party escalated on Wednesday following the directive of the Nigeria Labour Congress to its state councils and political commissions to picket Labour Party secretariats across the country.
This was contained in a letter dated Tuesday, March 19, 2024, and signed by the chairperson of the NLC Political Commission, Titus Amba, and the secretary, Chris Uyot.
According to the letter, the directive comes following a virtual meeting of the NLC National Political Commission and the leadership of the NLC State Councils and State Political Committees, which took place on March 19, 2024.
“That given the intransigence of the National Chairman of the Labour Party to unilaterally hold a National Convention of the Labour Party, financial rascality and contempt for the leadership of the NLC, the NLC State Councils and State Political Committees should mobilise workers to picket all the State Secretariats of the Labour Party, scheduled for Wednesday, 20th March 2024,” the letter partly read.
“In view of the soon to be held all-inclusive national convention of the Labour Party, the NLC state councils and the NLC Political Committees should immediately embark on a nationwide mobilization of workers to join the NLC Political Commission and the Labour Party.”
Recall that the National Working Committee of the Labour Party accused Joe Ajaero, the President of the NLC, of making desperate attempts to replace Julius Abure, the Labour Party National Chairman.
The allegation was a response to an open letter written on Friday, 15th March 2024 by the political wing of the NLC, the Nigeria Labour Congress Political Commission.
The letter raised allegations against Abure and the NWC, claiming that they had put forward plans for a national convention in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, on March 27.
The political wing of the NLC deemed the planned convention illegal and is demanding the immediate resignation of Abure as party chairman and the formation of a caretaker transition committee to organise a legitimate and all-inclusive national convention for the party.
