The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have pledged to support and campaign vigorously for the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi to ensure that he wins the 2023 presidential elections.
The NLC and TUC Presidents, Ayuba Wabba and Quadri Olaleye, made the pledge at the Pascal Bafyau Labour House and TUC Secretariat, Abuja, respectively.
Speaking to labour leaders and members who gathered for the 10th-anniversary lecture in honour of Late Pascal Bafyau on Tuesday, Wabba stated that Obi is “among the finest Nigerians and the first presidential candidate of the Labour Party to be recognised by the labour centre.”
He went on to say that NLC is solidly behind the LP and would fully mobilise to ensure the victory of the party come 2023.
Earlier, the presidential candidate of the LP, Peter Obi, who graced the event to solicit the support of the leadership of the NLC and labour members ahead of the 2023 general elections, reiterated his commitment to move the country from consumption-based to a production-based one which is centered on labour.
He said: “My commitment is to move Nigeria from consumption to production and you can’t talk about production without labour. Labour is the engine of production, Capital and machine can do anything but labour is what makes it work. Because labour is the greatest contributor to production, it has to be properly remunerated.
“Nobody can be president without sitting down with the labour organisation to decide the future of Nigeria. We can no longer have a situation where the leaders are here and workers are there. They must sit on the same table and talk. That is the beginning of the solution, that is what is happening all over the world.”
On his part, Olaleye, addressing the members of the TUC, said Obi is a face among the presidential candidates all labour unions are ready to work with, and that the entire labour movement has accepted, adopted and would support, and ensure that workers massively vote for him in the 2023 presidential elections.
He further said that the LP is stronger and more formidable, adding that the party has a widespread structure, as there is a worker and member of either TUC and NLC in every family across Nigeria.
