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Labour Union Asks Defecting Lawmakers To Vacate Seats

The Deputy National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Issa Aremu, has urged political office holders who defected from one party to another to … Continue reading Labour Union Asks Defecting Lawmakers To Vacate Seats


Issa AremuThe Deputy National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Issa Aremu, has urged political office holders who defected from one party to another to immediately resign their positions for the sustenance of the nation’s nascent democracy.

At a symposium organised by the Kwara State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ilorin marking the unbroken fifteen years of Nigeria’s return to democratic rule, the NLC boss implored defecting politicians to borrow a leaf  true democratic culture from South Africa which Nigeria assisted to gain independence but now celebrating uninterrupted twenty years of democracy.

“Within the Africa National Congress (ANC) party in South Africa, some people disagreed because they thought that ANC was not doing very well and they decided to leave the party and had to form another one before they could contest any election,” Aremu.

The defection from one party to another by federal lawmakers has resulted to litigation with the Peoples Democratic Party trying to stop the defected members from altering the leadership of the National Assembly. The case is still pending in court.