Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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REJECT PLANS TO HIKE FEES IN AAUA

REJECT PLANS TO HIKE FEES IN AAUA Prepare for a Fightback By Dammy Owot, Coordinator, ERC Ondo State Chapter) Comment made by the All Progressive Congress (APC) Governor Akeredolu of Ondo State that tuition fees being paid by students in the state-owned tertiary institutions is not enough to buy a pair of shoes has led to outrage on social media.

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Post-Election Anti-poor Attacks Inevitable Whichever of the Pro-rich Parties Win

Socialist Democracy April-May 2018 Edition 2019 GENERAL ELECTION Post-Election Anti-poor Attacks Inevitable Whichever of the Pro-rich Parties Win Join in building SPN By Abbey Trotsky The build up to the 2019 elections has begun with furious infighting amongst the ruling elite. Rivals are fighting and manoeuvring to gain personal advantage and to try to contain the growing popular disappointment with

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FCA IBADAN: Not Yet Hurrah Despite the Commencement of Regular Academic and Administrative Activitie

FCA IBADAN: Not Yet Hurrah Despite the Commencement of Regular Academic and Administrative Activities in the College By Caleb O. Caleb, ERC FCA Branch Secretary The Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Moor plantation branch, welcomes the entire students and workers in the Federal College of Agriculture, FCA, Ibadan back on campus for a full commencement of both the academic and administrative

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MINIMUM WAGE: Only Mass Struggle Can Win N56,000 Minimum Wage and its implementation

MINIMUM WAGE: Only Mass Struggle Can Win N56,000 Minimum Wage and its implementation By Chinedu Bosah The present N18, 000 minimum wage is nothing compared to the present economic reality. More so when the wage structure is statutorily long overdue for review considering the fact that the present N18, 000 minimum wage that came into being in 2011 with an

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SPN IS NOW REGISTERED: Hope Of A Better Nation Beacons

SPN IS NOW REGISTERED: Hope Of A Better Nation Beacons By Adaramoye Michael Lenin Many Nigerians have come to the inevitable realization that the pro-capitalist parties have nothing to offer the present and future other than doom. These were the same persons deceived few years ago into supporting the APC change mantra. If there is any lesson that can be

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NIGERIA’S ECONOMY: Is The Worst behind Us Yet?

NIGERIA’S ECONOMY: Is The Worst behind Us Yet? By Peluola Adewale It was a chest-thumping President Muhammadu Buhari at the February 27 NEC meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) boasting that his government has “slowly and steadily managed to stabilize the country and redirect the ship of the state”. To justify this claim, he gleefully listed what he considered

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LAGOS: Is Ambode Truly Transforming Lagos?

LAGOS: Is Ambode Truly Transforming Lagos? By Lexan Ali The 3 years of the Akinwumi Ambode’s administration in Lagos can best be described as anything but transformative. This is because all of the steps taken, programmes being put in place and policies implemented by the led APC government in its purported quest to transform Lagos State, no matter how laudable

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FUEL SCARCITY: Fixing the Oil Sector is not Rocket Science!

FUEL SCARCITY: Fixing the Oil Sector is not Rocket Science! For immediate repair of old refineries, building of new ones and nationalization of oil and gas industry By H.T. Soweto Every now and then, Nigeria finds itself in the throes of fuel scarcity. The latest crisis which started December last year persisted for several months with motorists buying the products

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REPEAL LAGOS STATE LAND USE CHARGE LAW 2018

REPEAL LAGOS STATE LAND USE CHARGE LAW 2018 REDUCTION IS A DECEIT Tax the Rich, Not the Poor The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) Lagos State Chapter condemns the new land use charge recently introduced by the Lagos state government and calls for the total repeal of this obnoxious law. We are not swayed by the purported reduction of the

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SPN DEMANDS AN END TO JUMBO SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES FOR ALL POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS

SPN DEMANDS AN END TO JUMBO SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES FOR ALL POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS PLACE POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS ON THE CIVIL SERVICE WAGE STRUCTURE! The revelation by Senator Shehu Sanni that each senator earns whopping N13.5 million monthly allowances aside from their N750, 000 monthly consolidated salary is not new. It confirms the correctness of the consistent campaign of the

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2018 International Women’s Day

2018 International Women’s Day We Urgently Need a Mass Movement to fight Gender Discrimination, Rape, Sexism, Exploitation and Women’s Oppression We women in Nigeria live in utter privation. We still face oppression of various kinds both at home, work, schools and in society. All these cannot be disconnected from the capitalist system – a system that reinforces patriarchy and creates

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HERDSMEN VERSUS FARMERS CRISES

HERDSMEN VERSUS FARMERS CRISES An independent class approach needed to find genuine solution to the recurring decimal of violence H.T Soweto Brutal killings arising from farmer-herder clashes have left a trail of bodies, destruction and anxiety across communities in the North Central and North West zones of the country. On New Year Day, 73 people, including women and children, in