By Seyi Babalola
Comrade Julius Abure, National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its leadership to let bygones be bygones.
Abure made the call during a news conference at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday, pleading on the NLC to join forces with the LP to stop Nigerians’ collective pain caused by poor governance.
According to him, the LP, the NLC, and elected party members in the National Assembly would all benefit from the party being at peace to design a new direction for the nation.
“We must create an enabling environment to capture power and use the same for the betterment of our people.
“Consequently, I want to appeal to first, my brother, friend, and Comrade Joe Ajaero, President of the NLC, with whom we have worked together in the trenches over the years in the struggle for the workers, to put aside whatever may be his grievances and let’s work in the interest of our people.
“Fighting the Labour Party at this time is uncalled for and unwarranted, especially at this time when the working people of Nigeria are suffering.
“We need not waste or dissipate our collective energies in fighting ourselves over nothing.
“For us, we feel that all the bickering, fights and attacks on the leadership of the party are absolutely unnecessary. Moreso, they are anchored in falsehood, motivated by inordinate ambition and selfish interest.
“It is therefore in our collective interest to put all our energies and resources together and begin to fight our common enemy and reposition our party for better performance,” Abure said.
