Dear Stakeholders, Members, and Lovers of the Labour Party at home and in the diaspora,
The attention of the Labour party Stakeholders’ constituted National Transition Committee has been drawn to the call by the expired leadership of Barr. (Dr.) Julius Abure to state chapters of the Labour Party to conduct congresses and for aspirants to come forward to procure nomination forms to enable them to participate in the forthcoming Local Government elections.
The National Transition Committee is advising all interested parties to shun this call in the interim because of the following reasons:
1. Expired Leadership Tenure: The leadership tenure of Barr. Abure and his group from the ward level, based on the April 8, 2023 NEC meeting during which all stakeholders and INEC were present, expired on the 9th of June 2024 and has not been renewed and will not be based on the previous demand for such extension.
2. Illegitimacy of the Nnewi Convention: The Nnewi convention, which was to give the leadership the legitimacy to continue to act in such capacity on behalf of the party, was not accepted by the stakeholders and INEC for failing to:
– Abide by sections 4, 5, and 14 of the party’s Constitution that has to do with the organization and conduct of the party’s ward and state congresses and the national convention.
– Abide by the Justice Gabriel Kolawole Consent judgment of 2018, brokered by INEC for an all-inclusive convention starting from the ward, LGA, and state congresses to the national convention. The inauguration of members of the Board of Trustees was also never done up to date.
3. Advisory to Aspirants: Because of the above illegalities and constitutional breaches, and for the fact that other political parties are keenly watching the happenings in the party, the National Transition Committee is advising all interested aspirants to distance themselves from any event being organized by the expired leadership of the party to save themselves from a colossal waste of time and resources.
4. Upcoming Activities by the National Transition Committee: The National Transition Committee will soon roll out its timetable starting with:
– The registration of new members, the revalidation of old members, and the issuance of membership cards.
– Conducting ward congresses across the 8,815 wards in the Federation. (Note: since the inception of the party, no such congresses have ever taken place).
– Conducting congresses to ELECT DELEGATES to participate in the LGA election of LGA officers.
– Conducting LGA congresses to ELECT DELEGATES to participate in the state congresses to ELECT state officers.
– Conducting state congresses to ELECT DELEGATES to participate in the national convention. All these will be performed under the supervision of INEC.
– Conducting training of all officials, including delegates, on the following party documents:
– Constitution,
– The party manifesto,
– The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and
– The Electoral Act before the national convention.
– Conducting the national convention to elect the national officers.
– Following all this is the conduct of sensitization and membership drive at the ward levels.