Ali Chiroma, a former president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), is dead.

Ibrahim Chiroma, a relative to the deceased and secretary of the NUJ in Borno state, announced Chiroma’s death in a statement on Tuesday.

He said the ex-NLC president, who died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, will be buried on Wednesday in Borno.

Chiroma served as NLC president from 1984 to 1988.

“It is with deep sorrow that I announce the death of Comrade Ali Chiroma, former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress,” the statement reads.

“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.”

Chiroma’s reign as NLC president came to an end in 1988 after the union was dissolved by Ibrahim Babangida, the former head of state.

In 1993, Sani Abacha, former military head of state, appointed Chiroma as head of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG).

[TheCable]