2027: NLC, TUC endorse Hamzat for governorship poll

Organised labour successful Lagos State has declared enactment for the Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, up of a imaginable governorship bid successful the 2027 election.

The endorsement was announced by the Lagos chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress during the 2026 Workers’ Day solemnisation held astatine the Mobolaji Johnson Arena connected Friday.

The declaration was led by the authorities NLC Chairperson, Agnes Funmi Sessi, and the TUC leader, Abiodun Aladetan, signalling increasing backing for Hamzat wrong labour circles.

The improvement adds to a widening question of endorsements already shaping aboriginal governmental alignments up of the 2027 governorship contention successful Lagos.

Within the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, influential stakeholders including the Governance Advisory Council, GAC, and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu person antecedently indicated enactment for Hamzat arsenic a preferred successor.

The politician has described the determination arsenic portion of a broader statement aimed astatine ensuring continuity successful governance and sustained improvement successful the state.

Further backing has besides travel from the authorities APC enactment nether Cornelius Ojelabi, arsenic good arsenic the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Oba...