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By Bimbola Oyesola
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has announced the appointment of Nuhu Toro as its new secretary-general and chief executive, effective from Thursday, August 12, 2022.
The decision, according to the president, Festus Osifo, was taken at the National Executive Council (NEC) held at the Benue/Plateau Meeting Room of Transcorp Hilton Hotels, Abuja, after the recommendation by National Administrative Council (NAC), Central Working Committee (CWC) and ratified by NEC.
Toro, who until his appointment was the Deputy Secretary General of TUC, is to fill the vacuum created by the demise of Musa Lawal Ozigi, during an Abuja-Kaduna train attack in March 2022.
The new Secretary General, according to Osifo, has over two decades of trade union movement experience and has served in different departments and capacities at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) especially Organizing / Industrial Relations before joining the TUC three years ago.
“He is positive driven, strong, active and self-motivated with high sense of creativity.
He is an alumnus of the Global Labour University, where he obtained a Master’s degree from the State University of Campinas, Brazil in Labour Economics. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Sociology (Development) at University of Abuja.
“Toro is an Organizer by training and has attended several trainings in the area of Organizing Trade Unions Rights and Collective Bargaining around the World. He is currently a member of the Global Organizing Academy,” the statement read.
