Sunday, May 3, 2026

NUPW showdown

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TODAY THE FATE of the 8 000-strong National Union of Public Workers’ (NUPW) leadership will be decided.

A special general conference will consider a motion that all confidence has been lost in its president, Akanni McDowall – a year into his presidency.

Yesterday, the 35-year-old health promotions officer, who was elected in April last year, said he was unsure whether he would take a lawyer to today’s 5 p.m. meeting at union headquarters, Dalkeith, St Michael.

“I don’t know yet. I want to concentrate on tomorrow and having it being over and done with,” McDowall told the DAILY NATION last night in relation to having counsel.

Please read the full story in today’s Daily Nation, or in the eNATION edition.

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