Labour Party Crisis: We Are Aligning Fully With Abure Leadership- TUC

Labour Party Crisis: We Are Aligning Fully With Abure Leadership- TUC

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has said that they are fully in support of the Barrister Julius Aburu leadership despite conflicting judgement on the leadership crisis.

According to a position taken by the labour federation which was signed by the president Comrade Festus Osifo and general Secretary Comrade Nuhu Toro, TUC said these disagreements maybe a fall out of the party’s spectacular performance in the 2023 general elections and its creation of a desired Third Force to drive the development of the country.

The statement reads ” TUC has been monitoring and following up closely with some sad developments within Labour Party (LP)

The TUC notes that in the past few weeks, internal disagreements in the Labour Party, have spilled into the public space.

There have been multiple court orders, employment of non-democratic means to seize the party secretariat and the use of state institutions to intimidate opponents, all of which are strange to time-tested labour traditions.

Some of these disagreements maybe a fall out of the party’s spectacular performance in the 2023 general elections and its creation of a desired Third Force to drive the development of the country.

While this is understandable, the success of the party has to be well managed to ensure that people elected into executive and legislative positions at state and federal levels deliver on its promises to the electorate.

LP needs to be a well-ordered party so that it can ensure discipline both within the ranks of those elected on its platform and its general membership.

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Therefore, while contestations, agitations and internal struggles are acceptable, non-constitutional means and a resort to violence and intimidation are alien to Labour and civilized culture and will not be tolerated.

After carefully monitoring the situation, further consultations, and review of the multiple court orders, we are aligning fully with the Labour Party under the leadership of Barrister Julius Abure.

Furthermore, we call on the teeming supporters of our party to give the National Chairman all the required support to deliver on its mandate until a National Convention is held where new officers will be elected or the current ones returned”.

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