An 11-person committee has been established by the Labour Party (LP) to lead the party’s diaspora movement.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the inauguration was conducted on Thursday in Abuja, the capital of the country, by LP National Chairman Julius Abure.
Before the general election in 2023, he claimed, the committee would plan fund-raising events and mobilize support for the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
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The LP national chairman continued by saying that the committee would improve coordination among party members living abroad and would also suggest setting up diaspora chapters and keeping an eye on their operations.
Abure asked the committee to be open and accountable while performing their jobs in good faith and without fear or favor.
He said, “I have the honour to inaugurate the committee we have put in place on diaspora.
“The parties have enjoyed overwhelming support from Nigerians across the world and even non-Nigerians alike.
“This has resulted in a situation where there is a clamour for the party to establish chapters across the world.
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”There has also been the clamour of people who wants to contribute to the growth and development of the party, arising from this course, are the necessity to have these activities coordinated.”
Chibuike Amadichi, the chairman of the Diaspora Committee, expressed gratitude to the group for giving him the opportunity to head the committee.
According to Amadichi, the election of 2023 will be particularly significant since it will mark the birth of a new country for all Nigerians, both at home and abroad.
He said: “A few months ago, they said Labour Party had no structures, but today, Labour Party is not only building structures nationwide in Nigeria but also advancing its frontiers beyond the shores of Nigeria.
“This diaspora committee will work tirelessly to reposition our great party and build a new partnership with our people in the diaspora, especially in the major countries of the world like the USA, UK, Canada, Germany, and South Africa just to mention but a few
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” I can say without mincing words that our people in the diaspora are willing to identify with Labour Party and also ready to support the party and its presidential candidates
“I want to assure our Nigerians in diaspora that come next year 2023, Labour Party will form a new government that will midwife a new Nigeria with a man of proven integrity and competent as the president.”
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