The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has accused unnamed government agencies of orchestrating the ongoing crisis within the Labour Party (LP) in a bid to weaken what it described as the only major political platform pushing working-class ideology.
The NLC president, Comrade Joe Ajaero, made this assertion on Wednesday during a special National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Labour Party held in Abuja.
Addressing party leaders and stakeholders, Ajaero expressed deep concern over what he termed as systematic external interference designed to erode the ideological foundations of the party. He described the situation as a “calculated assault”;; on a political movement that offers hope to Nigeria’s underprivileged majority.
“All agencies of government are involved in this destabilisation plot—whether it’s the Labour Party or the Labour Congress—that is what we are seeing. There is no worker or labour leader that is not conscious of this,”;; Ajaero said.
He also questioned the legality of recent court rulings that allegedly override a consent judgment previously recognised by all parties involved, suggesting that such judicial anomalies point to a broader agenda to undermine the party’s autonomy.
Reaffirming the NLC’s role as custodians of the Labour Party, Ajaero maintained that the congress remains resolute in its commitment to preserving the party’s working-class identity and resisting efforts to hijack it by political elites.
He further disclosed that the NLC still holds the party’s certificate of registration and has formally written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to challenge any misinformation regarding the certificate’s status.
