The Labour Party has accused the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero of invading its national secretariat in Abuja persons who are known to have partisan interests in other major political parties like the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The party noted that greed and inordinate ambition of Ajaero have pushed him into losing every sense of discretion and decency in his recent conducts, be it in his affairs with the workers or even the government.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh in a statement issued Wednesday described the unlawful break and entry into its national headquarter by the NLC and destruction of properties as a criminal act, a misplacement of priority and an action done in bad fate.
He said: “Today, Nigeria is witnessing the worst economic strangulation ever in history. Issues such as poor workers’ wages, high inflation and insecurity with Nigeria turning to a hobbesian state, yet after a year of his assumption of office, Ajaero has chosen to ignore all these national challenges.
“It would interest you to know that Ajaero’s NLC is yet to successfully picket any federal government establishment. His attempt to extend his rascality to Imo state was met with a higher and brutal force.
“Unfortunately for us in the Labour Party, we do not command any force unlike the NLC that is now encouraging militancy within its ranks.”
The party noted that Ajaero’s continuous claim that NLC owns the Labour Party was not in any way supported by either the Electoral Act or the Constitution.
It said for his information, a political party is owned by those who are card-carrying or financial members of the party.
The party added: “We are aware that more than 90 percent of the members of the NLC have not met this condition and therefore cannot claim to be the owners of the party.
“The constitution also provides that no organisation can own any other organisation. The NLC as an organisation can therefore not claim the ownership of the Labour party.”
The party noted that by its own constitution, the NLC cannot even call for a picketing of any establishment without a directive of its National Execution Committee (NEC), saying what they saw was a political committee acting out an illegal script by Ajaero.
The spokesperson pointed out that the present NLC leadership is politicised, adding that it has left its primary responsibilities of defending Nigerian workers and has delved deeply into partisan politics.
