{"id":194366,"date":"2026-02-10T15:26:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nenadi-usman-led-nwc-takes-over-labour-party-secretariat"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:32:07","slug":"nenadi-usman-led-nwc-takes-over-labour-party-secretariat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nenadi-usman-led-nwc-takes-over-labour-party-secretariat","title":{"rendered":"Nenadi Usman-Led NWC Takes Over Labour Party Secretariat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Nenadi Usman has officially assumed office as the Interim National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP making her the first female to lead a major political party in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the secretariat on Tuesday, Usman expressed gratitude and optimism over the development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to particularly thank God Almighty for a day like this. This is the day that the Lord has made; we shall rejoice and be glad in it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very important day because this is the first event we are having in our national secretariat since the Supreme Court judgment on April 4 last year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Usman acknowledged that the journey to this point was not without challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we thought was going to be smooth sailing took a long time, but with patience, today we are here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to thank God for it and promise all party faithful across the country that we will do the right thing at the right time. All we want is to develop this party,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>She also praised the efforts of Abia State Deputy Governor, Ikechukwu Emetu, and his team, who have been actively working since the committee\u2019s inauguration in December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve been doing a lot of work, and we thought it would be nice to meet today in front of the press to let the whole country know what we have done so far,\u201d Usman said.<\/p>\n<p>The new LP national chairman concluded by assuring supporters of her commitment: \u201cFor those who have been very supportive and encouraged us, we want to let you know that we will not let you down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Usman took journalists on a tour of the party\u2019s national secretariat in Utako District, Abuja, to confirm that she and her team had officially taken over from the Julius Abure-led faction.<\/p>\n<p>A Federal High Court had affirmed the removal of Julius Abure as national chairman and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recognise the Usman-led National Caretaker Committee as the lawful leadership of the LP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Nenadi Usman has officially assumed office as the Interim National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP making her the first female to lead a major political party in Nigeria. Speaking at the secretariat on Tuesday, Usman expressed gratitude and optimism over the development. \u201cI want to particularly thank God Almighty for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":194365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,16,2660],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-194366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-parties","category-to-homepage","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nenadi Usman-Led NWC Takes Over Labour Party Secretariat - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nenadi Usman has officially assumed office as the Interim National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP making her the first ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nenadi-usman-led-nwc-takes-over-labour-party-secretariat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nenadi Usman-Led NWC Takes Over Labour Party Secretariat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nenadi Usman has officially assumed office as the Interim National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP making her the first ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nenadi-usman-led-nwc-takes-over-labour-party-secretariat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-10T14:26:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-10T15:32:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770737491.137002.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nenadi-usman-led-nwc-takes-over-labour-party-secretariat#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nenadi-usman-led-nwc-takes-over-labour-party-secretariat\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nenadi Usman-Led NWC Takes Over Labour Party Secretariat\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-10T14:26:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-10T15:32:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nenadi-usman-led-nwc-takes-over-labour-party-secretariat\"},\"wordCount\":357,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nenadi-usman-led-nwc-takes-over-labour-party-secretariat#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770737491.137002.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Parties\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nenadi-usman-led-nwc-takes-over-labour-party-secretariat#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nenadi-usman-led-nwc-takes-over-labour-party-secretariat\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nenadi-usman-led-nwc-takes-over-labour-party-secretariat\",\"name\":\"Nenadi Usman-Led NWC Takes Over Labour Party Secretariat - 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