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You Lack Power, You Can’t Sack Abure – Labour Party Slams NLC

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Apr 10, 2024.

You Lack Power, You Can’t Sack Abure – Labour Party Slams NLC.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the leadership of the Labour Party on Tuesday, issued a warning to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), cautioning against attempts to seize control of the political platform. They asserted that the NLC lacks the authority to dismiss Julius Abure and the National Working Committee (NWC), as recently proclaimed.

This response follows Monday’s resolution by the NLC Political Commission during a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja. In the resulting communiqué, the unionists invalidated the national convention that had reinstated Abure and the NWC members.

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To address the resulting vacuum, the stakeholders proposed the establishment of a transition committee to manage the party’s affairs until new officers can be elected within three months.

The resolution taken by the NLC also raised concerns on the need to conduct a forensic audit of the LP bank accounts in line with the demand of its Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, following allegations of corruption, forgery and fraud levelled against the party leadership.

But the party kicked on Tuesday, saying the NLC lacked such power to sack its cabinet.

The leadership of the Labour Party on Tuesday warned the Nigeria Labour Congress against trying to hijack the political platform, saying it lacked the power to sack the Julius Abure-National Working Committee as recently declared.

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The party’s response was a reaction to Monday’s resolution taken by the NLC Political Commission at a stakeholders meeting in Abuja.

In the communiqué released after the gathering, the unionists voided the national convention that returned Abure and his NWC members to office

To fill the vacuum, the stakeholders said the congress would set up a transition committee to oversee the party’s affairs pending when new officers will be elected in three months.