The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it has sacked the Julius Abure-led national working committee (NWC) of the Labour Party (LP).
In a communique issued at the end of its political
commission stakeholders meeting in Abuja, the NLC passed a vote of no-confidence
on the March 27 national convention that re-elected Abure as chairman.
The NLC said it approved the constitution of a transition
committee at its stakeholders’ meeting, under the leadership of the NLC
political commission, to manage the affairs of the party in the interim.
The stakeholders resolved that the transition committee
should conduct the affairs of the party pending the conduct of an all-inclusive
and expansive national convention.
“That the Transition
Committee shall immediately set up an assets recovery process of all the
properties of the Labour Party,” the communique reads.
“The Transition Committee shall also ensure that all the
cases of fraud, impersonation and forgery of government documents pending
against a few discredited former officers of the Labour Party are forensically
audited.
“It should ensure that the culprits are diligently
prosecuted as demanded by leader of the Labour Party – Mr. Peter Obi.
“It is unfortunate
that the actions of these few dishonourable characters have splashed mud on the
white satin of Labour Party.”
The stakeholders held that that the transition committee
should, within three months of its constitution, ensure the conduct of an
inclusive national convention, adding that the process should start from ward
congresses to local government congresses to state congresses, “culminating in
an all-inclusive and expansive national convention in Abuja”.
“In pursuant to the foregoing, the Transition Committee is
mandated by the stakeholders meeting to begin the process of revalidation of
current members of the Labour Party,” the communique added.
“Also the registration of new members through the issuance
of new membership cards and receipt of membership dues for the purpose of the
conduct of an all-inclusive and expansive national convention of the Labour
Party.
“It is expected that
this mobilisation drive will yield in the first instance a total membership
strength of 10 million.”
The stakeholders asked the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) and security agencies to take note of the new developments in
the party.
They agreed that a correspondence be dispatched to INEC for
official recognition of the transition committee as the interim leadership of
the LP.
The stakeholders said the LP is a party for all Nigerians
regardless of ethnic, religious, regional, social and economic orientation or
status.
STAKEHOLDERS MEETING
ILLEGAL, SAYS LP
Reacting to the stakeholders meeting, Obiora Ifoh, national
publicity secretary of the LP, said the NLC stakeholders meeting is a “jamboree
by drama boys”.
He said the meeting is illegal and its outcome a nullity.
The LP spokesperson asked members of the party to disregard
the meeting.
“NLC does not have
any proprietary right over the Labour Party and therefore cannot continue to
lay claim to its ownership,” Ifoh said.
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