{"id":317337,"date":"2024-04-03T11:09:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T10:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=317337"},"modified":"2024-04-03T11:09:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T10:09:44","slug":"former-nlc-president-confirmed-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/04\/03\/former-nlc-president-confirmed-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NLC President confirmed dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Ciroma passed away at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State capital<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ali Ciroma, former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), is dead.<\/p>\n<p>Ciroma passed away at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State capital.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Ciroma, a family member, who is also the Secretary of the Borno State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, announced his death in a statement on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads, \u201cIt is with deep sorrow that I announce the death of Comrade Ali Ciroma, former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sad event occurred this evening (Tuesday, April 2) at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/02\/28\/family-releases-six-day-burial-rites-for-wigwe-wife-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">burial<\/a> 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The deceased served as the president of the NLC from 1984 to 1988 until he was ousted by the military administration of Gen Ibrahim Babangida, which disbanded the union.<\/p>\n<p>However, during the Abacha regime, he was reinstated into the realm of unionism, being appointed as the Sole Administrator of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ciroma passed away at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State capital Ali Ciroma, former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), is dead. 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