Death has claimed the life of former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ali Ciroma, and former Sole Administrator of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG.
Ciroma reportedly died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State capital, on Tuesday, following a battle with an undisclosed ailment.
A family member, who is also the Secretary of the Borno State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Ali Ibrahim Ciroma, announced the death in a statement on Tuesday.
The statement read, “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 to 1988.
He was forced out of office by the then military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida, which dissolved the organisation, following a Labour crisis.
In the wake of the struggle for June 12, General Sani Abacha later appointed Ciroma Sole Administrator of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, after dissolving the NUPENG Executive and detaining Chief Frank Kokori the Secretary and Wariebi Kojo Agamene the President.
