Labour Party (Nigeria)

Labour Party
Founded	2002
Ideology	Social democracy, Socialism
Political position	Centre-left
Website
http://www.labourpartyng.org
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The Labour Party is a socialist/social democratic political party in Nigeria. In the 21 April 2007 Nigerian National Assembly election, the party won 1 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and no seats in the Senate. The Party's flagbearer in Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, emerged the state governor after winning a judicial challenge. Due to the nearly non-existent political structure of the party however, Dr. Mimiko has notably flirted with Action Congress (AC) stalwarts especially in the run-up to the Ekiti State governship rerun election in April 2009.^{[citation needed]}

History

It was formed in 2002 as the Party for Social Democracy by the Nigerian Labour Congress, led by Sylvester Ejiofor.

2007 Lagos State election

Femi Pedro, a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, decamped the Action Congress while in office in protest against the favoring of then-governor Bola Tinubu's candidates in Lagos State, and ran as the Labour Party candidate in the gubernatorial elections of 2007. He lost the election to current governor Babatunde Fashola.

See also

Africa portal

References

External links

• Labour Party