August 27, 2026
By Victor Ahiuma-Young
The General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Emmanuel Ugboaja, is dead. Ugboaja, the fifth General Secretary of the NLC, died after a protracted illness.
Details of his death were still sketchy at the time of filing this report. However, Vanguard gathered that NLC President Joe Ajaero read a letter from the late General Secretary’s family to members of the Congress National Executive Council (NEC), who are right now meeting in Enugu, Enugu State.
The late General Secretary was a veteran trade unionist and lawyer who was appointed NLC General Secretary in August 2019.
