By Achile Danjuma
The National Executive Council of the Labour Party has fixed May 23 for its presidential primary.
Senior Special Adviser (Media) to the Interim National Chairman, Ken Asogwa, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
Asogwa said this was part of the approved timetable for the party’s primary elections ahead of the 2027 general elections.
He said that the timetable was fixed at a statutory NEC meeting observed by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Asogwa said the party, in compliance with the Electoral Act and INEC guidelines, also approved April 15 for submission of the membership register to INEC.
He also said that the governorship, Senate, House of Representatives and House of Assembly primaries would hold on May 15.
Asogwa added that NEC ratified the actions of the party’s national leadership regarding the conduct of ward, local government and state congresses on March 26, March 28 and March 31, respectively.
According to him, the national convention has been scheduled for April 11.
“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.