Afrigather The Nationwide Chairman of the Labour Social gathering (LP) Comrade Julius Abure, has warned the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero, in opposition to using the NLC’s platform, funds, and property for his aspirations to vie for the presidency in 2027 or the governorship of Imo State.
Abure issued this warning in Asaba, Delta State on Wednesday in response to the closure of the Labour Social gathering’s Nationwide Headquarters by protesting NLC members. The protesters had been calling for his swift elimination because the Nationwide Chairman of the occasion.
He stated: “I need to state at the moment that the management of NLC beneath Joe Ajaero is on the a part of destroying the successes we have now recorded within the 2023 common election.
“I had anticipated that as a accountable commerce union centre, a accountable labour chief; primary ought to have teamed up with Labour Social gathering to see how we are able to group up collectively to make the nation higher.
Abure continued, “Sadly and paradoxically too, the NLC is the one that’s on the a part of struggle in opposition to Labour Social gathering. I need to state clearly that Ajaero as NLC President has not been in a position to organise a profitable strike motion. Not even a single protest and even picketing authorities institution in an effort to deliver authorities to accede to the quite a few requests of staff.
“As we converse, there are unfair labour practices meted out to staff by a number of organisations within the nation. I’ve not seen Joe Ajaero go to such organisations to picket them.”
Whereas stressing that Joe Ajaero shouldn’t be formally affiliated with the Labour Social gathering, Abure clarified that the occasion shouldn’t be beneath the possession of the NLC as asserted by the labor union.
He stated: “Over the previous few years, NLC has been claiming possession of Labour Social gathering. l should state clearly that NLC shouldn’t be the proprietor of Labour Social gathering. The occasion shouldn’t be owned by NLC.
