Organised Labour has declared that its decision to support the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, is sacrosanct.
Labour, under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said Nigerian workers would only vote for worker-friendly candidates in the forthcoming elections.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja, President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, said Nigerians are tired of bad governance and the pain it has inflicted on the masses over the years.
He, therefore, urged Nigerian workers to ensure they use their votes to install credible leadership in the coming general elections.
He said workers should reject political parties and candidates with anti-people policies access to power.
“We need more workers in politics and at the helm of affairs of government, those who can understand the perspective of workers.
“Our workers are already in the field mobilizing and campaigning to make sure that only labour-friendly persons are elected into offices at the next general election. The Labour Party is already making headway in Abia State. We are tired of those false promises by politicians,” he said.
Speaking on the resolve of Organised labour to support the presidential candidate of the Labour party, Peter Obi, the NLC president maintained that the decision remains sacrosanct,adding that both the party and the labour movement have sealed the agreement with acceptance of the worker’s Charter of Demand.
He, however, said the support for the Labour Party is not wholesome, as the workers reserved the right to deny their support for any candidate that did not pass its integrity test or against its Charter of Demand, especially at the State levels.
