Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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RISING COST OF LIVING: How will the Poor Survive?

RISING COST OF LIVING: How will the Poor Survive? By Chinedu Bosah Before now, the cost of living was mostly impacted by the continued free fall of Naira against the dollar occasioned by fall crude oil price and weak productive economy. And as a largely import dependent country, prices of goods and services moved up. This would not have been

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SPN SUPPORTS N56,000 NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE

SPN SUPPORTS N56,000 NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE Labour Must also Fight for Settlement of Unpaid Salaries and Pension By Segun Sango National Chairperson, SPN The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) welcomes the recent decision of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to demand the new national minimum wage of N56, 000. We hold that this is long

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Socialist Democracy General Strike Special Edition May 2016

Socialist Democracy General Strike Special Edition May 2016 FUEL PRICE HIKE AND ELECTRICITY TARIFF Enough of Suffering and Smiling Fight until Total Reversal Buhari/APC Change is anti-poor Change Support Struggle for Socialist Change By HT Soweto There is no other way to describe the announcement on Wednesday 11 May 2016 by the Minister of state for petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, of

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OIL SECTOR: Deregulation is Deadly Poison

OIL SECTOR: Deregulation is Deadly Poison By Kola Ibrahim The Buhari/APC government, after perambulating for a year, has come down to its real agenda continuation of the ruinous neo-liberal policies of the past i.e. deregulation and privatization. The government has hiked fuel price from N86 to N145. Before the new increment, the government had deliberately allowed fuel marketers to unofficially