Mark Gbillah, a member of the House of Representatives and senatorial candidate of the Labour Party for Benue North-west District, in this interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Bakare Majeed, talks about the rise of Labour Party, why the National Assembly seems not to be carrying out legislative oversight on the CBN and NNPC, and the inefficiency of the opposition in the 9th House.
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PT: People still see the Labour Party as a “social media” party. In your state, Benue, is there anything on the ground?
Gbillah: I can understand when certain so-called established political parties feel threatened by the level of acceptability that the Labour Party has at the moment, particularly with regards to the popularity of our presidential candidate, that is, His Excellency, Peter Obi. Unfortunately, they take it for granted because they think that they have established what they call structures on ground but they forget that these structures are individuals – are people who…
