The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Ayuba Wabba has said the Labour Party (LP) is fully awake and ready to roar ahead of the 2023 general election.
He said the job of unseating and retiring those he called deadwood politicians, whose worldview of politics was self-service and nepotism, had begun in earnest.
The NLC president said this in a statement addressed to delegates of the party yesterday before LP’s National Convention in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
He said the ideal candidates of the party must not be looters but patriots who will transform every kobo earned as revenue by Nigeria into valuable projects that elevate the narrative of our national development.
According to him, the ideal candidates must leave no one behind particularly educated and non-educated youths, adding that we must restore hope in the future of our youths.
Wabba noted that millions of Nigerian workers and pensioners were latching on to the new vigour and vision of the LP to take ownership of the long-suspended delivery of the Nigeria of “our collective dreams”.
The statement reads: “The NLC relishes with great gusto the renewed sense of hope sweeping across the country as a rejuvenated Labour Party makes giant political strides all over the country. It is no longer news that credible, progressive and patriotic politicians, market women, professionals, artisans and the youth of our country are daily trooping to the Labour Party. It is dawning on reactionary politicians that the Labour Party is fully astir and ready to roar.
“The readiness of the Labour Party to roar is proved by the fact that the party’s engagement with the political process in Nigeria is shaped by issues that are dear to the people of Nigeria, especially as contained in the Nigerian Workers’ Charter of Demands.
“Our Charter of Demands talks about the prioritisation of investment in the education and health sectors. Our Charter of Demands places premium interest in the security of lives and property as the foundation of socio-economic renaissance.”