The Labour Party (LP) National Executive Committee (NEC) has appointed Senator Nenadi Usman as Interim National Chairman and Senator Darlington Nwokocha as Interim National Secretary. They will lead the newly constituted interim working committee tasked with managing party affairs until a new NEC is elected at the party’s convention. The appointments were made during the NEC meeting held on Friday in Abuja. Among other decisions reached at the meeting was the adoption of a schedule for ward, local government, state, zonal congresses, and the National Convention. The party's National Secretariat has been directed to release the guidelines and timelines for these processes to guarantee transparent and democratic elections across all levels. In attendance at the meeting were Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero and Abia State Governor Alex Otti — the Labour Party’s sole governor. Speaking at the event, Ajaero described the Labour Party as the political platform of the ordinary Nigerian and encouraged members not to lose hope despite the current challenges facing the party. “Anyone who is not with us and is not working with the Labour force and claims to be the party’s chairman is a daydreamer. When the day of reckoning comes, we will say we don’t know you,” the Abia governor told the gathering. He also reassured members of the party, saying “The council which formed the party is very much with them and we have not abandoned the party. I want us to be focused, not distracted. “There is a need to restructure this party, rebrand it, because that is the only way this party can work.” Meanwhile, Otti told members to do whatever it takes to make the party work. He explained that the statutory NEC meeting is coming at the instance of the Supreme Court’s judgement, which affirmed Nenadi as the national chairperson of the party. The governor also advised the Julius Abure-led faction to be humble enough and obey the apex court judgement. “As law-abiding people, we felt we should obey the Supreme Court judgement, and what we are here to do is to begin a structured process by formalizing some key committees like the interim national working committee, which will oversee all party activities till the party’s convention, when elections for a new NEC will be conducted.” He also appreciated the NLC for forming the party, but asserts that: “Now the party is bigger than the NLC”. Furthermore, he urged members of the party to be humble and work in unity for the greater good of the Labour Party.