General Secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), Joe Ajaero, was yesterday elected the factional leader of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), at a special delegates conference held in Lagos.
Though the group had earlier fixed Saturday, March 21, for the special delegate sconference, it later decided to hold it yesterday. It said the change was to forestall disruption of the parallel conference by its opponents.
The group claimed 22 unions including Electricity Workers Union, Nigerian Textile Workers Union and Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), among others participated in the delegate conference.
The unions opposed the results of the election that produced Ayuba Wabba president of the NLC at the 11th delegate conference held at the Eagle Square in Abuja last week.
The election yesterday has deepened the crisis rocking NLC, as the group went ahead to form a parallel labour centre.
The parallel executive members elected at yesterday’s conference, include Joe Ajaero (President), Issa Aremu, who was former vice president of NLC (deputy president) and Igwe Achese, (deputy president 2), Kasumu Kadiri, Kelly Ogbaloi and Yashi Yahaya as vice presidents.
The twist in the election however, was the adoption of other officers elected unopposed at the Abuja conference and had been part of the team.
In his acceptance speech, Ajaero reeled out his plans and programmes for workers, promising to overhaul NLC.
He commended the delegates for the confidence reposed in him, saying the former President of NLC, Abdulwahed Omar failed in all areas.
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