The former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ali Ciroma, has died.
According to the release from the family, the late former number one labourer in the country died on Tuesday, March 2, 2024, at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State.
His death was announced on Tuesday by a family member, Ali Ibrahim Ciroma who is equally the Secretary of the Borno State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists.
“It is with deep sorrow that I announce the death of Comrade Ali Ciroma, former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress,” part of the statement said.
“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.”
Unionist Ciroma was the president of the NLC from 1984 to 1988 when he was forced out of office by the then military administration of Gen Ibrahim Babangida, which dissolved the Union.
The Abacha administration brought him back into unionism, appointing him as the Sole Administrator of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers.
