Tag: Labour Party

2023: Labour Party National Scribe says Party has taken half of Kaduna State House of Assembly

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

National Secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Umar Farouk Ibrahim popularly called Mai-Rakumi said with two serving members of Kaduna State House of Assembly, who defected from the All Progressive Congress (APC) to Labour Party, the House is on the of the verge of being taken over by the opposition party. Ibrahim said the Deputy Speaker of the State Assembly, Isaac Auta from Kauru constituency and Suleiman Dabo from Zaria constituency, contesting now under the Labour Party to return to the Assembly, is a pointer to the victory of the…

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2023: Obi picks Obasanjos ex-aide, Osuntokun as Okupe’s replacement

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party has appointed former Political Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo, Akin Osuntokun as the new Director-General of its Presidential Campaign. This was announced by the partys National Chairman, Julius Abure, in Abuja, yesterday. He said the decision was reached after wide consultations with party stakeholders across the board. In reaction, former LP Campaign Council Director-General, Doyin Okupe, has congratulated Prof. Oshuntokun on his appointment as his replacement.  In a tweet on his official Twitter handle, Okupe expressed optimism that Osuntokun would deliver. According to him, the new DG…

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“Your best has left Nigeria worse than you met it”, Labour Party to Buhari

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign has described President Muhammadu Buharis declaration that he has done his best for Nigeria as unfortunate. Chief Spokesperson of the Presidential Campaign Council of the Labour Party, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, said this in a telephone interview in Abuja, yesterday. He was responding to a question on the declaration by President Buhari who was quoted as telling an audience in Washington DC, USA that he has done his best for Nigeria. Tanko said, It is quite unfortunate. I say so because his best has left…

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2023: “Tinubus speech on grabbing political power may trigger massive violence”, Labour Party cries out

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party has said the recent statement by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on grabbing power in 2023 may lead to widespread violence. Chief Spokesperson of the Labour Party, LP, presidential campaign council, Yunusa Tanko, in an issued statement yesterday, cautioned that Tinubus speech in a London restaurant is capable of propelling massive violence in the 2023 general elections. It said that the APC presidential candidate made the assertion in a London restaurant while addressing his supporters in the Diaspora and the…

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Labour Party, Peter Obi releases campaign manifesto for 2023

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party (LP) has released its manifesto tagged:Its POssible,which will be formally unveiled to Nigerians, yesterday. According to the Head of Media of the Presidential Campaign Council of the party, Diran Onifade, the candidate, Peter Obi, was part of those who produced the manifesto, unlike other parties where the candidates have no idea of the contents of such document. In the 62-page manifesto, the Peter Obi campaign anchored it on seven thematic areas. These are security, production, institutional reforms, the industrial revolution, infrastructural development, human capital development, and robust…

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Political Killings: Labour Party Women Leader shot dead in Kaduna

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party, LP, Women Leader in Kaura, Kaduna State, Mrs. Victoria Chintex, has been shot dead by suspected assassins.  According to sources, the gunmen stormed her residence on Monday night and shot her dead, while her husband sustained gunshot injuries. Confirming the incident yesterday, the Labour Party Publicity Secretary, Zone-3, Kaduna State, Edward Simon Buju, in an issued statement described the Late Chintex as a dynamic, hardworking and dedicated woman, who died at a time the Party and the country needed her most. He called on the people of…

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“Nigerias cost of governance, criminality, corruption has reached unacceptable level” Peter Obi

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has stressed that the cost of governance in Nigeria, criminality and corruption within government space has reached an unacceptable level. He said there was need to take drastic measures to reduce the trends. Obi stated this in Gboko, Benue State, while speaking to newsmen after he addressed the NKST Synod in Mkar, Gboko local government area of Benue State. According to him, There is no government that has eliminated everything but ours is at unacceptable level. We must reduce it to…

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2023: “Disregard Labour Party manifesto – Peter Obi

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the Labour party (LP), Peter Obi, has disregarded the manifesto from his party that is currently in circulation. In an issued statement on his verified Twitter handle, the former governor of Anambra State disclosed that his manifesto has not been formally released. Prior to the LP flagbearer’s statement, it was widely reported that Peter Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, have released a seven-point manifesto on what they would do to tackle the problems in the country if elected in the forthcoming presidential election in…

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2023: Peter Obi flags-off presidential campaignpromises to tackle unemployment, insecurity

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has promised that he would tackle unemployment and insecurity if voted into power. Obi stated this at the flag-off of his presidential campaign, in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, yesterday. He said he would tackle insecurity to pave way for economic growth and development. The presidential candidate also pledged to create jobs for youths to lift them off poverty and deprivation. I assure you that if we come into power, we will address farmers and herders…

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2023: Labour Party kicks, as Obi unveils 1,234 PCC members

Aminu Imam

The Labour Party (LP) has dismissed the 1, 234 names released to spearhead the Peter Obi and Yusuf Baba-Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the 2023 general election. A former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, was named the Director-General of the campaign council, while a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Mohammed Zarewa, was named as the councils chairman. Also named are Clement Ojukwu and Yunusa Tanko as the Secretary and Chief Spokesperson of the council respectively. The campaign council also has…

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