The Labour Party (LP) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have announced a collaborative initiative aimed at significantly enhancing grassroots mobilization ahead of the upcoming 2027 general elections in Nigeria. This announcement was made at a Strategic Multi-Level Stakeholders Summit in Abuja, where key leaders from the party and organized labor discussed strategies to employ polling unit agents to protect the party's votes and ensure a honest electoral process. The objective is to engage workers nationwide to create a robust support system for the party as they prepare for the elections.

This strategic approach follows the lessons learned from the 2023 presidential election, where LP's former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, launched a legal challenge to contest the results, which favored the ruling party. The party aims to leverage the union structures as a foundation for their grassroots operations, thereby bolstering their membership registration and validation efforts. The leaders are focusing on creating a more organized and proactive grassroots movement that can effectively engage and mobilize the electorate.

By embracing the experiences of past electoral challenges, particularly the issues that arose during the previous polls, the LP and NLC aim to avoid previous mistakes that hindered their performance. Their approach not only addresses the need for a stronger presence at the polling units but also seeks to unify various factions within the party and labor groups to ensure a cohesive effort as they head into the elections, with the hope of increasing their competitiveness in the political landscape.