Following the botched
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) delegates conference election held last week in Abuja, the congress National Executive Council (NEC) would be convened on Wednesday, February 18, for the purpose of fixing a new date for the inconclusive election.
A statement by the NLC Secretary Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson said that the Congress was determined to work with people that were concerned and the necessary organ to find a way to resolve the impasse as quickly as possible and without the current congress leadership exceeding the constitutionally mandated time limit of four years.
Ozo-Eson said that as painful as the unfortunate disruption was some of the ballot papers had defects but such defects would not have had major bearing on the final result of the election if the process had been allowed to go on without disruption.
He said that the voting process was the last item on the agenda and voting commenced peacefully and in an orderly manner on that election date, stressing that the voting lasted through the night.
However, on Thursday morning a printing error was spotted in a few ballot papers by way of duplication of names.
The NLC’s scribe stressed that the error affected four candidates, two each from the opposing camps and the credentials committee could have resolved the error that was insignificant by way of vote invalidation after voting, adding that some delegates who held the view that the entire process might have been corrupted reacted sharply leading to the disruption of the election.
Ozo-Eson added that the voting process was suspended immediately and the NLC National Administrative Council swiftly met to find ways of resolving the stalemated elections.
He assured Nigerians that the Congress would not disappoint as credible, free and fair election would be conducted by NLC.

Philip Okparaji