Issa Obalowu Aremu (born January 8, 1961) is a Nigerian trade union activist and labor leader.
Aremu graduated with B.sc Honors in Economics at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers state in 1985.
[3] He is an alumnus of the George Meany Labour Centre, Maryland, Washington, USA and holds a master's degree in Labour and Development from the Institute of Social Studies, ISS, in the Hague, Netherlands.
Aremu joined the Labour movement as Head of the Economic/Research Department of NLC.
On June 18, 2018, he declared his bid for Kwara state governorship on the platform of the Labour Party during the 2019 general elections.