Ex-NUPENG Chief Kicks as NLC Moves against New Labour Group
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
A former national President of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) Williams Akporeha, has kicked against a directive by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) asking its affiliate unions to boycott the inauguration of Working People United (WoPU), a group campaigning for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
Akporeha, who is the National Coordinator General of WoPU, described the directive as anti-democratic and an infringement on the constitutional right of Nigerian workers to freedom of association.
In a statement signed by Akporeha and the organisation’s General Secretary, Moses Oladapo, WoPU said the directive issued by some persons in the NLC hierarchy, amounted to an attempt to dictate the political choices of workers.
