Former NLC President Passes Away 

Former NLC President Passes Away 

Ali Ciroma, a former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has passed away, according to reports. The former union leader breathed his last on Tuesday at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State capital…….read also Former Presidential Aspirant Challenges Peter Obi: ‘Leave Labour Party If You Can’t End The Crisis Now’

His demise was confirmed in a statement issued by a family member, Ali Ibrahim Ciroma, who also serves as the Secretary of the Borno State Council, Nigeria Union of Journalists.

The statement conveyed, “It is with deep sorrow that I announce the death of Comrade Ali Ciroma, former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress.”

“The sad event occurred this evening (Tuesday, April 2) at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.”

“The burial for the repose of the deceased will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, at 4 pm at the residence of the deceased, No.7A along Galadima Road near Muhammadu Shuwa Memorial Hospital (Nursing Home), Maiduguri.”

Ciroma held the presidency of the NLC from 1984 to 1988 until he was ousted by the military administration of Gen Ibrahim Babangida, which dissolved the union. He was later reinstated into unionism by the Abacha administration, serving as the Sole Administrator of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers.

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