Tinubu’s Meeting With NLC, TUC Unsettles Labour Party

The town hall meeting held by the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu and leaders of the organized labour, NLC and TUC has reportedly unsettled Peter Obi’s party, Labour Party.

 

Newsonline reports that the fear in Labour Party is based on possible compromise of the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) following Tinubu’s town hall meeting on Monday.

 

The spokesman of the Obi/Datti presidential campaign organization, Tanko Yunusa, who reacted to the meeting Labour Party will not be distracted by possible outcome of the meeting.

 

Tanko said organized labour comprising the NLC and the TUC are the parent body of Labour Party.

 

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He added that their presidential candidate, Peter Obi and his vice-presidential candidate Datti Yusuf Ahmad and the Labour Party are in the 2023 election to win in full capacity.

 

The Obi/Datti campaign spokesman ruled out possible alliance with any camp.

 

“We were not aware of the meeting but the TUC and NLC are for everybody. You can come and discuss. But we know they are owner of the Labour party.

 

“No, we have not considered anything on alliance with any camp. We are contesting this election with our full capacity.”

 

Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state on Monday told the organized labour that he has better plan than the presidential candidates of Labour Party, Peter Obi and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar.

 

Tinubu said while he provided the blueprint that made Lagos the fifth largest economy in Africa, Peter Obi left workers of Anambra to go hungery.

 

He said, “Today, the questions you all you must ask yourselves are these: who can be trusted to accomplish all of this? The man who has done it before, or the man whose most lasting achievement as Vice President is the corrupt sale of national assets to his friends and cronies?

 

“Who has the better plan? The man whose blueprint guided the emergence of Lagos State as fifth largest economy in Africa or the man whose greatest pride is the amount of money he managed to bury in sand while his state’s infrastructure decayed and its workers suffered endless hardship? “The choice is yours. But permit me to now talk a little about myself and my vision.

 

“I have always been and will continue to be a progressive democrat. In my worldview, government has a cardinal responsibility to work not only with business but also with labour to ensure that all constituent parts of our society are afforded their fair share of rewards without taking on undue hardship.”