A former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ali Ciroma, is dead.

Ciroma, NLC President from 1984 to 1988, was removed by the then Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, who also dissolved the congress.

Ciroma died on Tuesday evening at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State.

He will be buried today.

A family member, who is also the Secretary of Borno State Council, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ali Ibrahim Ciroma, announced the death in a statement on Tuesday.

It reads: “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.”

After Ciroma was removed by Babangida, the late General Sani Abacha, who overthrew the late Chief Ernest Shonekan on November 17, 1993, appointed him as the Sole Administrator of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG).