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President Yar'adua's Era: A new dawn for the masses? DSM newsStatementsOur manifestoAbout usSocialist DemocracyDSM Newspaper DonateCampaignsElection 2015Election 2011Fuel CrisisInternationalStudentsTrade UnionsWomenDownloadsLinks | 21 September 2017 OYO ERC FREE HOLIDAY COACHING ENDS WITH A PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM - photo DSM *A committee of participants was set up for organising a regular monthly meeting of ERCNo fewer than 50 persons were in attendance at a public symposium on the theme of “Poor performance of students in the state in external examination: the cause and solution” organised by the Oyo State branch of Education Rights Campaign, ERC, on Friday, 8th September, 2017. This successful; meeting marked the end of a four week free holiday lessons the ERC had organised specifically for secondary students transiting from SS2 to SS3 in the state. In attendance were students who participated in the free holiday lessons, parents and volunteers teachers. 18 September 2017 BIAFRA CRISIS: SPN Demands an End to Militarization of South-Eastern statesNo to Ban of IPOB and Attacks on the freedom of association and expressionFor Immediate withdrawal of troops from the southeastThe Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns in unequivocal terms the militarization of south eastern Nigeria and reported attacks on journalists, torture of civilians, killing of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members and other civilians in Aba, Abia state by President Muhammadu Buhari led APC government. We call for immediate withdrawal of the troops now and appropriate punishments for those ordering and carrying out abuses, torture and killing of unarmed civilians. 6 September 2017 SOCIALIST PARTY OF NIGERIA BACKS RESIDENT DOCTORS STRIKECALLS ON FG TO IMMEDIATELY MEET DOCTORS' DEMANDSThe Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) calls on the Buhari/Osinbajo-led Federal Government to speedily meet the demands of striking resident doctors in order to prevent avoidable suffering of poor Nigerians who depend on public hospitals because they cannot afford the enormous cost of overseas treatment. 6 September 2017 FED POLY BIDA SYMPOSIUM DISCUSSES STUDENT UNIONISM AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIALIST CHANGE - photo DSM The Bida branch of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) – situated in Niger State - held a successful public symposium, attended by nearly 60 people, on August 29 to discuss the crisis in education, the challenges facing student unionism and lessons of the 1917 Russian revolution for today. 5 September 2017 FCA IBADAN: Provost shut down College for fear of students’ planned protest against poor welfare conditions!ERC Calls on Management to Meet Demands of Students and Immediately Re-open of the CollegeThe Federal College of Agriculture (FCA), Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Oyo State, was shut down on Wednesday 23 August, 2017 by its administration. This was immediately after students in the college resolved at a congress to embark on a three-day peaceful mass action scheduled to commence on the same Wednesday 23 August. The planned mass action was to protest against the prevailing poor welfare conditions in the college as well as the continuous refusal of the college administration, since the inception of new academic session in the college, to give students learning materials like lab coats, farm coats, log books and ID cards which they have actually paid for. 24 August 2017 ASUU STRIKE: LASU ERC HOLDS PUBLIC MEETING
Discusses how to help build campaign to demand adequate funding of educationOn Monday August 21, 2017, around 75 LASU (Lagos State University) students came to a public meeting called by the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), LASU Chapter, held a public meeting to discuss the theme: Incessant ASUU Strike: Way Forward for the Nigerian Masses. 19 August 2017 OYO STATE: ERC FREE HOLIDAY COACHING ENTERS SECOND WEEK
Enrollment of 70 Students and 11 volunteer Teachers were recorded in the first weekThe inaugural edition of a free holiday coaching classes organized by the Oyo State branch of the Education Rights Campaign, ERC, for students transiting from SS2 to SS3 in secondary schools in Ibadan North Local government area of Ibadan entered into the second week on Monday, 14 August, 2017. This is after what can be described as an impressive first week of experimentation 17 August 2017 SPN CONDEMNS ATTACK ON ON “RESIGN OR RESUME” PROTESTERS IN ABUJAAttack shows ruling party intent on repressing all criticism with extreme measuresFor the Unity of Working and Poor People in Struggle Against Anti-poor PoliciesThe Socialist Party of Nigeria condemns the recent Wuse market attack on the #OurMumuDonDo movement led by Charly Boy that was organizing protest actions to call on ailing President Muhammadu Buhari to either “Resume or Resign”. We consider this attack as a clear indication of the ruling All Progressive Congress’s (APC) intent to repress all criticism of the Buhari administration with extreme measures. 16 August 2017 LAGOS COUNCIL ELECTIONS MARRED BY IRREGULARITIES AND APATHY AS APC ‘WINS’ LANDSLIDEFor an electoral body with elected representatives of political parties, social groups and working class organisationsThe result of the recently conducted local council elections in Lagos is a not a surprise to anybody given the desperation of the ruling party using all organs of the state to win election. All Progressives Congress (APC) won all 57 Chairmanship seats, it also won 369 Councillorship seats while Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Accord Party won 4 and 3 seats respectively. 14 August 2017 ERC BACKS ASUU's TOTAL AND INDEFINITE STRIKE• CALLS ON THE BUHARI/OSINBAJO GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATLEY MEET THE DEMANDSThe Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has once again embarked on a total and indefinite nationwide strike. The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) fully backs this indefinite strike action and calls on government to immediately meet the demands in order to avoid a situation where students waste away at home for months. | |
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