THIS DAWN — The Labour Party (LP) was plunged into a fresh round of internal turmoil on Tuesday following the announcement by the Board of Trustees (BOT) dissolving the Senator Esther Nenadi Usman–led Interim National Working Committee (iNWC).
The decision, formally conveyed in a letter dated December 2, 2025, was signed by BOT Chairman, Comrade S.O.Z. Ejiofor, and BOT Secretary, Comrade Salisu Mohammed.
The letter was addressed to Senator Nenadi Usman and Senator Darlington Nwaokocha, who served as interim National Chairman and interim National Secretary respectively.
The BOT and statutory National Executive Council (NEC) are described as the custodians and guardians of the Labour Party.
According to the letter, BOT and NEC declared that the tenure of the interim NWC had expired and that the committee stood dissolved with immediate effect.
The BOT announced that the party’s statutory NEC will convene soon to form a new National Working Committee in line with the Labour Party Constitution and the Electoral Act 2022.
The BOT accused the dissolved iNWC of gross underperformance.
It stated that the interim committee repeatedly failed to carry out its core assignment, including:
- conducting nationwide congresses, and,
- conducting national convention to elect substantive officers across all LP structures.
Expired mandate
The Nenadi Usman-led committee was originally inaugurated on September 4, 2024, in Umuahia, Abia State, with a 90-day mandate.
However, more than 400 days later, the BOT noted, the committee had “failed to achieve the said objectives.”
In July 2025, at a NEC meeting held at Transcorp Hotel, Abuja, the committee was reappointed for another 90 days.
The BOT lamented that its mandate expired again on October 17, 2025, without delivering the required congresses.
It also regretted that the iNWC did not move the party closer to readiness for the 2027 general elections.
The BOT said the prolonged failure resulted in “nationwide desertion, derailing of party structures, and plunging loss of faith among members”.
It added that LP risks losing its place as “Nigeria workers’ last hope” without decisive corrective action.
The letter directed the dissolved committee to immediately halt all activities conducted in the name of the Labour Party.
It also directed the committee to hand over all party documents to the BOT Secretary with immediate effect.
The BOT expressed appreciation for their past contributions and offered the outgoing officers its best wishes.
Presently, the party braces for yet another leadership restructuring ahead of a critical election cycle.
