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Former NLC President, Ali Ciroma Is Dead
Onetime President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ali Ciroma, has died.
Ciroma died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State, on Tuesday, April 2.
A family member, who is also the Secretary of the Borno State Council, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ali Ibrahim Ciroma, announced the death of the veteran unionist in a statement on Tuesday.
It reads: “It is with deep sorrow that I announce the death of Comrade Ali Ciroma, former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress.
“The sad event occurred this evening (Tuesday, April 2) at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
“The burial for the repose of the deceased will be held tomorrow Wednesday 4pm at the residence of the deceased No.7A along Galadima Road near Muhammadu Shuwa Memorial Hospital (Nursing Home), Maiduguri.”
Ciroma was NLC president from 1984-1988 during Ibrahim Babagida military regime.
Recently, he and other veteran unionists asked the embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure to resign amid the crisis rocking the opposition party.
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