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General News of Friday, 27 January 2023

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Peter Obi: Nigeria Labour Congress reiterates support for LP presidential candidate

Peter Obi of the Labour Party Peter Obi of the Labour Party

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday, January 26 said that its decision to support Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, was non-negotiable.

Giving reasons for its stance, the NLC said that Nigerian workers will only vote for candidates that are workers friendly in the forthcoming elections.

This is as the NLC has demanded an urgent action from the nation’s apex bank the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to review the Naira Redesign policy including the extension of its timelines.

Speaking during an interactive session with reporters in in Abuja, the out-going president of the NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba said that people are tired of all bad governance and the pain it has inflicted on the masses over the years.

He urged workers in the country to ensure that they use their votes to install credible leadership in the coming general election. Comrade Wabba urged workers to ensure that they deny political parties and candidates with anti people policies access to power.

According to him, workers are in large numbers in the country, stressing that their impact will go a long way in installing a popular government in the coming election.

Vanguard quoted him as saying: “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. We are tired of those false promises by politicians.”

He, however, said that the support for the Labour Party is not wholesome as the workers reserved the right to deny their support for any candidate of their choice.