- Labour Party (Nigeria)
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Labour Party Founded 2002 Ideology Social democracy,
SocialismPolitical position Centre-left Website http://www.labourpartyng.org Politics of Nigeria
Political parties
ElectionsThe 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]
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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.
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Political parties in Nigeria Parliamentary parties Other parties Categories:- Labour parties
- Political parties in Nigeria
- Social democratic parties
- West Africa political party stubs
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