The crisis rocking the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is
certainly far from being over as a faction of the workers union has revealed
plans to form a parallel labour leadership. Twenty three unions including
Electricity Workers Union, Nigerian Textile Workers Union and NUPENG among
others are among those opposed to the results of the election that declared
Ayuba Waba president of the workers’ union. Speaking to newsmen on Saturday in
the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Comrade Joe Ajaero and the leadership of
the aggrieved unions stated that they had fixed 21 February for another
delegate conference in Lagos which would produce the leadership for the
workers. The reconvened NLC at the eagle square was expected to lay to rest the
crisis that trailed last months congress which failed to produce new leadership
for the congress. Less than 24 hours after, the congress announced the names of
the new NLC leadership, members of 23 workers unions including some contestants
rejected the results declared. The eleventh delegate conference ended up in a
fierce deadlock last month. Although, a new leadership was declared in Friday’s
elections, the reactions from these members showed that there was no end in
sight for the crisis in the NLC.
[Daily Times]
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