Nigeria Labour Congress has elected Comrade Joe Ajaero as its national president.
Gatekeepers News reports that Ajaero, who until his emergence as president was the deputy national president of the labour union, made history by emerging unopposed as the union’s president on Wednesday.
Ajaero, who until his emergence was also the General Secretary of the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees.
He emerged as the NLC National President at the 13th National Delegates’ Conference of the labour union ongoing in Abuja.
A report by The Niche NG revealed that the conference, which began on Tuesday, February 7, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, is expected to end today (Wednesday) with the election of new national officers for four years.
One of the delegates, Prince Emeka Kalu, National Vice President (South-East), Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers’ Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU), who spoke to News Express, said, “History is already being made here. This is the first time a President of the Nigeria Labour Congress will be elected as a consensus candidate.”
Ajaero succeeds Ayuba Wabba, whose tenure as NLC national president ends Wednesday.
Born on December 17, 1964, in Emekuku Owerri-North, Imo State, Southeast Nigeria, Ajaero has been the NLC Deputy President since 2011. He has been the General Secretary of the NUEE since 2005.
Ajaero was Research Officer One Mechanised Infantry Division Nigerian Army Kaduna between 1990 and 1991 (NYSC); Reporter/Correspondent and Assistant News Editor at Vanguard Newspapers 1992 – 2001; and Head of Training/Information, NUEE 2001 – 2005.
