The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure, has pledged a free, fair, and credible primary election in the forthcoming party primaries in Anambra State.
The National Chairman believed that Nigeria would get better only when an honest process of leadership recruitment is enthroned in Nigeria.
Speaking at the meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party on Thursday in Abuja, Barrister Abure also dismissed the allegation that the Labour Party is working for another political party, saying that the Labour Party has grown to be one of the largest political parties in Nigeria.
“I want to reassure our members in Anambra State that, as is usual with our party, our primaries and congresses will be free, fair, and credible.
“It has been our ideology and philosophy in this party that we must do things differently because you can’t adopt a similar approach and expect a different result. If you must get a different result, it means your approach must be different. And therefore, for us in the Labour Party, it is our desire to do things differently.
“This is because we believe that it is only where there is internal party democracy, where there is competition, and where people are allowed to compete, where there is no godfatherism, where the process is not skewed to a particular aspirant, that the best of the best can emerge from such a process.
“And we believe that when you have the best emerging from political parties, that is when you will have the best hands that will handle the affairs of the country. I believe we have not had our best to handle the affairs of the country, and that is why we have the challenges in governance today in Nigeria.
“Labour Party is ready to change that trajectory, and that is why we believe, and we hold it dear to our heart, that charity must begin at home. Therefore, the process will be free, fair, and credible,” he said.
On the allegation that the Labour Party is working for another party, Barrister Abure said, “Because the rumours have been going round that the Labour Party is working for another party, I want to state it clearly that Labour Party is independent of any other political party.
“We cannot have this beautiful party built with a distinct ideology, distinct programme, distinct philosophy, and then go and subsume it to the whims and caprices of another political party.”
On the ongoing party registration and revalidation exercise, the party executive lauded the overwhelming success achieved so far. However, the NWC approved an extension of the deadline to May 2025, while the congresses across the wards, local government, and states will now hold between June and July 2025.
