Nigeria Labour Congress will on Monday meet to take a decision on the leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party and the return of Julius Abure as national chairman.
Unconfirmed reports say a caretaker committee is being proposed by the unionists to take over the control of the opposition party.
“Invitations have been sent out to all relevant stakeholders and members of the NLC Political Commission. The meeting will take place in Abuja.
“That meeting may seal the fate of Abure as arrangement has been concluded to set up a caretaker committee to take over the leadership of the party,”.
The development comes in the wake of a failed attempt by the party’s Board of Trustees to wrest power from Abure and take over LP leadership.
A few days ago, a group of retired workers under the aegis of Lagos Assembly of Labour Veterans and Trade Unionists protested and demanded an immediate resignation of the party chairman.
Similarly, the retirees called on the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, to bow out of office for failing to protect their interest and the manner he went about the leadership struggle of the party
Few hours after the NLC invitation went viral, the leadership of Labour Party kicked against the planned meeting, which it described as a illegal jamboree of some ‘drama boys.’
The opposition party frowned at the proposed gathering in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, titled ‘Proposed NLC Stakeholders meeting a jamboree by drama boys, illegal and outcome a nullity.’
Ifoh also called on law enforcement agencies to abort the gathering and go after the unionists before their planned action ‘degenerate into public nuisance.’
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