The Chairman of Kwara State chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), Farouk Akanbi Friday predicted an imminent spread of Labour Party (LP) across the 36 states of the federation.

According to Akanbi in a chat yesterday with The Guardian in Ilorin, the good leadership qualities of the Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko, who remains the only governor under the platform of the LP has endeared the party and its structures to many Nigerians.

Speaking on the seeming peaceful co-existence between the NLC and the government of Kwara State, Akanbi said the political atmosphere in the state “where doors are not slammed against anyone,” and the alleged unfavourable revenue profile of the state in federal allocations, could not be divorced from the development.

He commended the state government for making it possible for retired workers in the state to commence receiving their pension immediately after retirement. But he believed that more efforts should be put in place to make payment of gratuities prompt especially at the LGAs level.