The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has returned its President, Ayuba Wabba, unopposed for a second term of four years.
Wabba
will head a 16-member National Administrative Council (NAC), of NLC,
who were equally elected unopposed to administer the affairs of NLC for
the next four years.
According to Vanguard, three persons elected
unopposed as Deputy Presidents were Amaechi Asugwuni, Muhammad Nadir
Idris, and Najim Usman Yasin, while Ibrahim Khaleel, was elected
National Treasurer.
Four persons elected Vice-Presidents were
Abdrafiu Adeniji, Peters Adeyemi, Lawrence Amaechi and Oyelakan Lateef
who was returned unopposed. Other officials elected include Marven
Adamu, National Financial Secretary and Adewale Adeyanju, National
Trustee, among others.
In his acceptance speech, Wabba said the
next level would be to ensure the implementation of the new minimum wage
by federal and state governments.
He urged the state councils to be ready for the battle for the implementation without retrenchment.
Wabba
promised that the Labour movement would continue to take instructions
from the rank and files and would always speak truth to the powers to
protect the interests of the working class.
He said: “We will
dedicate ourselves to ensure that the challenges workers face are
confronted headlong. Workers are treated as slaves while those that
don’t even work hard take higher pay.”
“The new leadership of NLC
will respect the will of members and consolidate on what we are doing.
We will continue to conform to the tradition of the union and speak the
truth to those in power. The daily challenges of workers at workplaces
will be confronted. We have been able to work assiduously in the past
four years and we will move forward to build workers poser. I assure our
members of our commitment and dedication to the resolutions of the
conference.
“We can hold election without rancour if the interest is truly to serve the people of the country,”