The Labour Party (LP) statutory National Executive Committee (NEC) has elected Senator Nenadi Usman as the Interim National Chairman and Senator Darlington Nwokocha as the Interim National Secretary, among others, as members of the party’s interim working committee.
Nenadi was elected on Friday during the party’s NEC meeting in Abuja.
Other resolutions reached during the meeting include the approval of the schedule for the conduct of ward congresses, local government area congresses, state congresses, Zonal congresses, and the National Convention of the Labour Party.
The meeting was attended by the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, Governor Alex Otti of Abia State ( the party’s only governor), among others.
During the event, Ajaero described the Labour Party as a party for the common man. He urged LP members not to be discouraged by some of the challenges plaguing the party
Addressing the NEC, Governor Otti said “Anyone who is not with us and is not working with the Labour force and claims to be the party’s chairman is a daydreamer. When the day of reckoning comes, we will say we don’t know you,”
Otti told members to do whatever it takes to make the party work.
He explained that the statutory NEC meeting is coming at the instance of the Supreme Court’s judgement, which affirmed Nenadi as the national chairperson of the party.
The governor also advised the Julius Abure-led faction to be humble enough and obey the apex court judgment.
The interim working committee is expected to oversee all party activities till the party’s convention, when elections for a new NEC will be conducted.
The National Secretariat of the party is mandated to publish the guidelines and timelines to ensure transparent and democratic elections at all levels.
