National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has promised a free, fair, and credible primary election in the forthcoming party primaries in Anambra State.
This is contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary the Party, Obiora Ifoh in Abuja.
The statement says Nigeria will get better only when an honest process of leadership recruitment is enthroned in Nigeria.
“I want to reassure our members in Anambra State that as it is usual with our party, our primaries and congresses will be free, fair, and credible”
According to the statement, Abure also dismisses the allegation that the Labour Party is working for another political party, saying that the Party has grown to be one of the largest political parties in Nigeria.
“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. 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, and of course, 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.”
By Georgina Humphrey
