The Labour Party (LP) has commenced an inclusive grassroots mobilization strategy to reorganize its State Directorates, while addressing organizational challenges from the 2023 general election, as well as strengthen its framework ahead of the 2027 elections.
As part of the initiative, the party will inaugurate state coordinators at its state secretariats across the country on Friday, marking a significant milestone in its political operations.
In a statement, the Director General of the LP Directorate of Mobilization and Integration, Marcel Ngogbehei, and the Deputy Director of Strategic Engagements for the Directorate, Sheikh Rufai Al-Saddiq, outlined the party’s plans to integrate new leadership and enhance collaboration with diverse grassroots groups.
The statement also emphasized the importance of aligning state Directorates with State Party Chairmen and creating a stronger link between the party’s structures and support networks.
“We are marshaling out what we call a tactical plan for 2027; a three to six months plan and we’re going to make it a very easy and straight forward thing. We will restructure the Directorate and look forward to bringing in more hands that will take care of capabilities we’ve seen that are not currently in the directorate.”
So bringing more people, we’re going to set up the States Directorate that will work closely with each of the Labor Party State Chairman and the Labor Party State National Working Committee.
The States Directorate will be an interface to engage with other diverse groups and probably help recruit more members, help integrate more diverse groups; the tailoring Association, mechanic Association, motoring Association, different associations.
For the States Directorate, a team would be set up; the State Coordinator, Assistant State Coordinator, the State Secretary, and then one person representing each senatorial zone. This will come together to form the Labor Party State Directorate of mobilization and integration management team.
At the National Level, strategies will be set on what should be achieved in collaboration with the Labor Party Chairmen in their various states.
The party will measure the level of success through additions of new recruits into the party, by looking at the number of coalitions we have been able to build within states, and the number of diverse interest groups we were able to attract.
