Labour Party NEC Approves Timetable for Congresses, Convention, Primaries

The National Executive Council of the Labour Party under the leadership of ESTHER NENADI USMAN, has released the timetable for its primaries for the 2027 general election. The timetable indicate that the Labour Party will hold its governorship, Senate, House of Representatives and House of Assembly primaries on May 15, before the presidential primary on May 23, 2026. This was made known in a statement released to newsmen in Abuja by KEN ASOGWA, who is the Senior Special Adviser on Media to the Interim National Chairman. ASOGWA noted that the schedule is in line with the approved timetable for the Labour Party’s primaries for the 2027 general elections. He said leaders of the party took the decision during a statutory NEC meeting in compliance with provisions of the Electoral Act, 2026 and the election guidelines released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The Labour Party’s spokesman said the NEC also ratified the actions of the national leadership of the party on the conduct of ward, local government and state congresses, which have been scheduled for March 26, March 28 and March 31, respectively. Thereafter, KEN ASOGWA disclosed that the Labour Party will hold its national convention on April 11, just as the NEC also approved April 15 for the submission of the party's membership register to INEC. According to him, “The council, which remains the highest decision-making organ of the party after the national convention, reviewed recent developments within the party. “This included the recent unfortunate invasion of the party secretariat by hoodlums allegedly sponsored by certain rogue elements,” he said. Asogwa said that the Board of Trustees, following a review of a report and recommendations of the Peace, Reconciliation and Disciplinary Committee, chaired by Salisu Mohammed (BOT Secretary), had suspended some members. He said that the affected members were suspended for alleged acts of indiscipline, anti-party activities and complicity in the desecration of the party’s national secretariat: “NEC further ratified and approved the ongoing expansion of the party’s membership register through a hybrid approach – Digital Membership Registration (e-registration) – alongside manual registration in rural communities. “This initiative is aimed at modernising the party’s database, strengthening participatory democracy and enhancing transparency and efficiency in party administration, in line with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2026,” he said.