Labour Party Names Nenadi Usman, Ex-Finance Minister, Interim National Chairperson

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Labour Party Names Nenadi Usman, Ex-Finance Minister, Interim National Chairperson

In a daring move to reposition the party, the extended stakeholders of the Labour Party (LP) has constituted a 29-member national caretaker committee to be headed by a former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Esther Usman, to run the affairs of the party for three months leading to its national convention.

The 2023 deputy governorship candidate of the party in Plateau State, Mr Edward Pwajok, disclosed this on Tuesday while reading a five-point communique issued by the stakeholders at the end of their meeting in Umuahia, Abia State capital.

The embattled national chairman of the party, Comrade Julius Abure, was, however, absent at the stakeholder meeting, which was called at the instance of the Abia State governor, Alex Otti, and chaired by the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

Mr Pwajok said the committee, which has Darlington Nwokocha as secretary, was to ensure that ward, local government, state congresses, and the convention of the party were conducted according to the constitution of the LP.

He noted that other members of the committee were drawn from the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), including former governors and members of both State and National Assemblies.

Mr Pwajok added that the stakeholders commended the Abia governor for his performance in office and urged him to continue in the direction he has charted.