The Labour Party (LP) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have united in a renewed commitment to safeguard the integrity of the electoral process and secure verifiable victories in the 2027 general elections.
This collaboration, announced following a high-level strategic multi-level stakeholders' summit held in Abuja, draws critical lessons from the 2023 polls and focuses on robust grassroots mobilisation, comprehensive membership registration, and widespread deployment of polling unit agents.
At the summit, party leaders and organised labour representatives resolved to leverage the extensive network of the NLC and affiliated unions to anchor the Labour Party firmly at the grassroots level.
This includes using union structures to drive nationwide membership registration and validation exercises combining manual and electronic systems to capture accurate, polling-unit-level data on supporters and members.
Senator Nenadi Usman, Interim National Chairman of the Labour Party, emphasised that the party's primary shortcoming in 2023 was not electoral technology but a lack of solid organisational structure.
"We failed to fully utilise the institutional strength of our affiliates, including the NLC and Trade Union Congress (TUC), to generate grassroots-based evidence," she stated. "This time, we are building an enduring foundation: knowing every member, documenting every vote, and securing every polling unit."
Mass mobilisation of workers and union members to serve as trained polling and collation agents, ensuring vigilant oversight during accreditation, voting, counting, and result transmission.
Deployment of reliable agents to secure signed EC8A forms and other critical documentation, addressing the evidentiary gaps that hindered effective legal defence of results in previous elections.
Deep integration of union networks for voter education, registration drives, and protection of votes on election day.
This alliance signals a major realignment ahead of 2027, positioning the Labour Party to translate popular support particularly among Nigerian workers, youth, and urban voters into tangible electoral success through disciplined organisation and transparency.
The Labour Party and NLC reaffirmed their shared dedication to free, fair, and credible elections, vowing to work collaboratively to avoid past mistakes and contribute to a stronger democratic process in Nigeria.