The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has passed a vote of no confidence on the national chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Julius Abure.
The NLC, through its Political Commission, has accused the Labour Party Chairman of running the affairs of the party as a sole administrator and called for his immediate resignation.
In addition, the NLC is demanding the constitution of a caretaker transition committee to organise a legitimate and all-inclusive National Convention of the Labour Party, contrary to the one being planned by the Abure-led executive.
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The NLC recalled that on March 20, 2018, Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court gave a consent judgement that mandated the Labour Party to hold an all-inclusive national convention, adding that consequent on the judgement, the leadership of the NLC and the Labour Party, in a process mediated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), signed an agreement mandating the Julius Abure-led leadership of the Labour Party to implement the undertakings reached.
Some of the undertakings included the recognition of the statutory membership of organised labour in the National Working Committee of the Labour Party, the constitution of the Board of Trustees of the Labour Party, and the conduct of an all-inclusive National Convention of the Labour Party in line with the court judgement by Justice Gabriel Kolawole.
But the NLC said, “Unfortunately, out of all the agreements reached with organised labour, the Labour Party leadership under Mr. Abure has partially implemented the recognition of NLC statutory membership of Labour Party National Working Committee. The rest of the agreement has been tossed aside without regard by Mr. Abure.
The NLC’s statement reads in part: “The Nigeria Labour Congress Political Commission has received news of the clandestine scheduling of a supposed National Convention of the Labour Party in March 2024 by the National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure.
“This news came as a shock to us, as the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) were never in anyway informed of any plans to hold the Labour Party National Convention. We find this development as further aberration and extrapolation of the mismanagement of the Labour Party through a very strange leadership style of sole administration by the National Chairman of the party.
“Mr. Julius Abure, contrary to the solidarity spirit and camaraderie ethos of the Labour Party, has decided to run the party as a sole administrator, the same allegations that have been hurled at him by the numerous persons he is fighting in the party.
“The presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has weighed in on the recent scandals affecting Mr. Julius Abure and has called for a forensic audit into the use of party funds.
The leadership of the NLC fully supports the position of Mr. Peter Obi. It is unfortunate that Mr. Julius Abure does not want this to be done before going behind the backs of stakeholders in the party to plan for an illegal national convention.
“It is on this note that the leadership of the NLC passes a vote of no confidence on Mr. Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. We demand his resignation immediately, and we demand the constitution of a caretaker transition committee to organise a legitimate and all-inclusive National Convention of the Labour Party.