Former NLC President Ali Ciroma Passes Away at 72

By Iyojo Ameh

Ali Ciroma, a former president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has passed away at the age of 72.

His death was confirmed in an official statement by Ali Ibrahim Ciroma, a family member and Secretary of Borno State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

According to the statement, Ali Ciroma breathed his last on Tuesday morning at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.

The announcement read, “It is with deep sorrow that I announce the death of Comrade Ali Ciroma, former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress.

The burial ceremony is scheduled to take place on Wednesday at 4pm at the residence of the deceased, located at No.7A along Galadima Road near Muhammadu Shuwa Memorial Hospital (Nursing Home), Maiduguri.

Ali Ciroma held the position of NLC president from 1984 to 1988 until he was removed by the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida, which disbanded the union.

However, during the Abacha regime, he was appointed as the Sole Administrator of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers.

The passing of Ali Ciroma marks the end of an era in Nigeria’s labor movement, as colleagues and associates mourn the loss of a dedicated leader.