Labour Party, Northwest zone has
said that former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko remains the
party’s presidential aspirant in the 2019 general elections.
Briefing newsmen in Kaduna
Tuesday, the spokesman and chairman of the party in Kaduna state, Engr. Umar
Farouk said, “We believed that the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, National
Chairman, Ayuba Wabba was misguided, ill-informed and motivated aimed at
tarnishing and undermining the good leadership of our party under the able
leadership of Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdusalam as well distract Nigerians from the
presidential declaration of the immediate past governor of Ondo State, Dr.
Olusegun Mimiko.”
He explained, “It has become
unavoidable necessary to put the issue in their proper perspective that the
statement put forward was issued out of ignorance, prejudice and motivated by
political opponents who are afraid of the growing fortunes and prospects of the
party as we inch closer to the 2019 general elections.
“That the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, has stated categorically that the National Chairman
of Labour Party is Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam. It is therefore in bad faith,
that the NLC president, Ayuba Wabba to undermine this position.
“That our great Labour Party
under the able leadership of Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam participated in the
just concluded Ekiti and Osun states governorship elections and the party will
continue to participate in all elections come 2019.”
The spokesman explained that
while the party appreciates and acknowledges the solidarity of the organized
labour with the party, it stated that the Nigerian Labour Congress is not the
owner of the Labour Party.
“Once a political party is
registered, it has a life of its own, and it can only be regulated by its
constitution (see section 80 of the Electoral Act 2010 (As Amended),” he observed.
The party advised the NLC
president, Ayuba Wabba to remain focused on his roles as president of the NLC
and address issues affecting workers welfare, instead of meddling in the
activities of political parties.
“Nigerians are not unaware of the
plight of the Nigerian workers who are impoverished occasioned by the current
low minimum wage, unpaid salaries and allowances while others have been sacked
indiscriminately,” the party said.
The current leadership of the
party, he said, under the leadership of Abdulkadir Abdulsalam believes in the
rule of law and the sanctity of its constitution.
“We, therefore, call on Nigerians
to support Labour Party and its candidates all over the country to bring the
desired change and progress in managing the affairs of our country,” the party
appealed.
He said, “It is our obligations
to set the records straight. We should no longer be living in an illusion as
what some opportunists use to dilute and mislead the public on the integrity
and quality of leadership of our dear Labour Party. We have been deceived by
some vicious circles within and outside the party.
“All legal authorities have
cleared the air over the constitutional backings of Labour Party as an
independent registered political party with its extent rules and regulations
governing its activities.
“We realized that the party
national chairman, Abdulkadir Abdulsalam is no longer the culprit but
reactionaries within and outside the party who are sponsored to bring the party
down at all costs.”
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