The leadership of the labour party has said it won’t rescind the decision to hold its contentious national convention on Wednesday as scheduled.
This comes two days after the party formally petitioned relevant government institutions requesting an urgent intervention to protect the party against further aggression from the Nigeria labour congress.
In the four separate letters written to the secretary to the government of the federation, senator George Akume; attorney general of the federation, Lateef Fagbemi; ministry of labour and employment and registrar of trade unions, the party called for disciplinary actions to be taken against the NLC president, Joe Ajaero, and other union leaders who spearheaded the alleged vandalization of party properties.
The ongoing conflict over the control of the party escalated last Wednesday when members of the union acting on the directive of NLC leadership, staged protests at labour party secretariats across the country.
Labour party’s spokesman, Obiorah Ifoh, said “Arrangements for a successful convention are in top gear. As I speak to you, Nnewi the venue of our national convention, is agog with our preparations.
“We are expecting seven delegates from each of the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, all elected members of the party in the Senate and House of Representatives as well as State Houses of Assembly, LP Commissioners and members of the National Working Committee, NWC, among others.”
The NLC on its part are demanding that a caretaker or interim management committee be set up to run the party’s affairs, preparatory to an all-inclusive national convention.
