By Perpetua Onuegbu

The leadership of the Labour Party says its attention has been drawn to an alleged illegal stakeholders meeting by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC led by Comrade Joe Ajero.
According to a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Mr Obiora Ifoh on Wednesday in Abuja, in attendance Sen.Nenadi Usman and others.
Ifoh said in the meeting they alleged that the Labour Party was being destabilised by the Federal Government because of the potential of the party.
“The NLC President, Ajero who is now sounding like a broken record, also restated his resolve to invade unannounced the national and state Secretariats of the Labour Party, with his armies, with the intention to take over the party forcefully.
“We must state clearly and categorically that if there is any person or organization that has destabilized the Labour Party or who is working to destabilize the party, it is no other person than Joe Ajero and the NLC.
“We must also state here that after the general election in 2023, the party had no issues at all, we had no faction and we had no major disagreement in the party.
“It was Ajero who went ahead to illegally, unprofessionally and unconstitutionally set up a so-called Transition Committee which went all over the place making noice and debasing the image of the party.”
Ifoh said It was the same committee set up by Ajero that was going to INEC everyday, all in an attempt to destabilise the party, mobilising people, including old and retired men.
“Including Abdulawaheed Omar, Comrade Ejiofor, Lawson Osagie and Prof Theophilus Ndubaku, men who should be resting after many years of serving their fatherland, to go against the interest of the party.
‘Nigerians all over, have asked Ajero to concentrate on his primary assignment to fight for the welfare of workers.
“The regulatory body in charge of the Labour Union in the Ministry of Labour has also publicly admonished Ajero to excuse himself from matters concerning politics and to face his legitimate assignment as a defender of workers right.
“We put it on record that Ajero’s led NLC in all its ramifications and has failed the Nigerian workers as shown by his last May Day speech.”
Ifoh said presently Nigeria workers were oppressed, the economy wss not working, there were unfair practices against workers, and nobody had spoken for the oppressed workers in Nigeria.
He said Ajero was busy plotting his future political ambition and toiling with the welfare of workers.
“Over the past few years, instead of the NLC to be in support of the party, and for the party to draw strength from the Labour movement as it’s done in some Scandinavian countries such as in Brazil, Australia.
“What we found in Nigeria is a reversed approach were the NLC which ought to be a source of strength, is constituting itself as a destabilizing factor for the Labour Party.
“Since 2015, this same NLC was the one that set up the Caretaker Committee that is unknown to the party constitution headed by one Salisu Mohammed.
” If there is any group or persons who have worked against the interest of the Labour Party, it is NLC and Joe Ajero.
“So he should not shift the blame to any person, he should squarely take responsibility for whatever is happening in the party today,” Ifoh said.
He said the leadership of the party was calling on all genuine members of the Labour Party to distance themself from the illegal activities of the Nenadi Usman group.
Ifoh said their plan was to manipulate unsuspecting party members to part with their hard earned money through illegal congresses they were planning.
“They do not have the powers to conduct any party activity, congresses inclusive. Be warned, “Ifoh said.

NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA