past Treasurer of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC was in the wee morning
Saturday declared new president Congress, amidst protest by some of
the contestants including his challenger, Comrade Joe Ajaero of the
National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE.
The aggrieved leaders are presently in a crucial meeting to determine
the next line of actions.
One of the possible actions, Vanguard reports may be to withhold
allegiance to NLC until their grievances are addressed.
Among labour leaders that have rejected the election results included
the Comrade Joe Ajaero, two Deputy Presidential candidates, Comrades
Isa Aremu and Igwe Achese alongside members of their unions.
They had alleged that the election ab initio was skewed to favour some
candidates to cover suspected fraud fraud.
The retuning officer and pioneer General Secretary of NLC, Dangiwar
Aliyu while announcing the results, declared that Waba pulled 1, 695
votes of the 3115 votes to defeat his main rival, Joe Ajero from the
Nigeria Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) who pulled 1, 140 votes.
3119 delegates from 43 affiliate unions of the NLC were accredited for
the election.
But the aggrieved members also lamented that some delegates from the
South South and South East were disenfranchised to favour other
'anointed' candidates who would cover ugly tracks.
--Vanguard
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