Labour Party Ownership Belongs To Nigerian Workers, Not NLC – Deputy Chairman, Olorunfemi

Labour Party Ownership Belongs To Nigerian Workers, Not NLC – Deputy Chairman, Olorunfemi

Ayo Olorunfemi, the Deputy National Chairman of the Labour Party, has countered assertions claiming that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) holds exclusive ownership of the party…..READ ALSO Labour Party Takes Action: Suspends Enugu Youth Leader

Olorunfemi made this assertion during an interview on Arise Television’s News programme on Wednesday.

His statement comes amidst protests from NLC members against the Labour Party’s upcoming National Convention scheduled for March 27.

“The Labour Party belongs to Nigerian workers, not NLC, and the sooner we realize this, the better. We have TUC, we have NLC, we even have professional bodies. We have informal sectors of the economy, people who are not unionized at all, they are all owners of the Labour Party.

“For NLC to want to claim sole ownership of the Labour Party is absurd. NLC cannot assert sole ownership of the Labour Party,” Olorunfemi emphasized.

However, offering a different perspective in the same interview, Theophilus Ndubuaku, the Acting National Chairman of the NLC Political Commission, disagreed with Olorunfemi. Ndubuaku argued that the NLC registered the party in 2003, thereby granting it ownership rights.

“In 2018, there was a court judgment by Justice Kolawole that stated clearly that the Labour Party belongs to NLC.

“NLC registered the Labour Party in 2003. The problem is that they are used to flouting, disregarding court orders, disregarding agreements,” Ndubuaku countered.

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