Labour Party (LP) has described as illegal assemblage the proposed meeting scheduled to hold this week by stakeholders of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to mitigate the brewing crisis in the party.
The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party Obiora Ifoh said the proposed meeting initiated to salvage the Labour Party post-convention controversy would only be a jamboree meeting by drama boys.
The Labour Party said the outcome of such a meeting would be a nullity.
According to the statement which reads in part, it says: “It has come to the knowledge of the leadership of the Labour Party of a letter of invitation trending in some sections of the media purportedly written by some desperate characters in the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC inviting some Nigerians to an illegal stakeholders meeting scheduled to hold on Monday in Abuja wherein they propose to appoint a caretaker committee for the Labour Party.
According to the party, “This meeting being organized by some drama boys and attention-seeking personalities in the NLC is illegal as we have not authorized it and it is not supported by any law in the land and therefore its outcome, a nullity. We are therefore calling on all genuine members of the party to disregard and shun the meeting.
“Few days ago, the Federal Government raised the electricity tariff to about 300 percent and the NLC has neither responded to it nor has called out its members to protest the increment but it is quick to convene an unlawful meeting of disgruntled members who are not even party members.
“We are calling on the law enforcement agencies to rise to the occasion and abort this gathering which may likely degenerate into public nuisance.
“NLC does not have any proprietary rights over the Labour Party and therefore cannot continue to lay claim to its ownership.”
In an invitation sent out to the media and stakeholders of the party, signed by Acting National Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC Political Commission, Prof. TCN Ndubuaku called for meeting to inaugurate a caretaker committee for the Labour Party.
