For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
Which Way Forward for the Working People, Youths and the Oppressed in Osun State By Alfred Adegoke, Coordinator DSM Osun State It is no more news that Oyetola lost to Demola Adeleke his PDP rival in the first round of the 2018 Elections, a first round which was declared inconclusive by INEC, leading to a controversial re-run that declared Oyetola
But Warns Autonomy Does not Guarantee Decent Conditions for Working People and Youth By Chinedu Bosah The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) supports the demand and agitation for autonomy for local governments. We also welcome the agitation for financial autonomy for the state legislature. It is undemocratic for one tier or arm of government to be made dependent on another
Workplace and industrial accidents leading to permanent disability or death are now widespread. It is more prevalent in factories and workplaces wherein machines are used for production and services. Factory owners purchase outdated and dangerous machines because they are relatively cheaper while workers with little or no training are employed in poor working conditions and forced to man the machines
ERC Calls for Solidarity Actions from Labour and Students to Compel Government to Meet Demands of Striking Unions By Ogunjimi Isaac Ayobami, ERC Deputy National Coordinator For about three months now, public Universities have been shut down due to strike actions of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Universities (SSANU), Non Academic Staff Union (NASU)
Between the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022 in Abuja, two different unions of public sector workers went on strike over their wages and working conditions. By Omole Ibukun, DSM Abuja The Nigeria Union of Teachers went on strike twice over the non-payment of their 2014 to 2018 promotion arrears and the lack of funding of Local Education
The Ajegunle Peoples’ Movement (APM), a community-based platform of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), condemns the violence in the local government mostly orchestrated by bourgeois politicians using political thugs and hoodlums. By Moshood Osunfurewa, DSM Ajegunle, Lagos, branch The Ajegunle Peoples’ Movement (APM), a community-based platform of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), condemns the violence in the local government mostly
NULGE, OYO STATE Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) Oyo State Chapter joins all workers here in Nigeria and across the world to commemorate the year 2022 edition of the International Workers Day popularly known as May Day. We hereby use this medium to charge our members to remain diligent in the course of their daily duty and
Next step – a 48 hour General Strike! The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) felicitates with workers in Nigeria and globally as we celebrate the International Workers Day. This year’s celebration should be best used to take stock of the living and working conditions of Nigerian workers and the poor masses and how to organize sustained struggles for
WORKERS, YOUTHS AND THE POOR NEED TO BUILD A MASS PARTY TO DEFEND THEIR INTEREST The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) is not surprised at the decision of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to charge N100 million and N40 million respectively for presidential nomination forms. It only confirms our position that these bourgeois political parties
We demand adequate compensation for the family and calls on the state leadership of NLC and TUC to commence campaign against casualisation and poor working conditions across workplaces in the state! The Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights, CDWR, Oyo State Chapter, decries the tragic death of one Mr Nurudeen Abdukareem, at Premier Feed Mills, a subsidiary of Flour Mills
None of Bourgeois Presidential Aspirants Can Resolve Nigeria’s Economic Woe The electoral campaigns for 2023 presidential election have started with different capitalist politicians slugging out for the tickets of the two major parties: APC and PDP. Among the contestants is Bola Tinubu, the first governor of Lagos State since the return to civil rule in 1999. He has been able
WE CALL FOR A UNITED STRUGGLE OF ALL EDUCATION WORKERS’ UNIONS AND STUDENTS The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) extends solidarity to members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) for the two weeks warning strike declared through the Joint Action Committee of the unions. We call on the
We Condole with the TUC over the loss of its General Secretary and State Chapter Chairman in the Mindless Attack We Urge the Labour Movement to Declare a National Day of Mourning and Protest Against Insecurity, Government Ineptitude and Worsening Living Conditions The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the tragic attack by terrorists on a Kaduna-bound train on Monday
We remain committed to the building of a Mass Workers’ Political Alternative to Rescue Nigeria through Socialist Transformation The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) rejects the judgement of the Supreme Court which was delivered on March 25 2022 and upholds the deregistration of 22 political parties, including the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). We
We are Undaunted as We Remain Committed to Struggle Against all Capitalist Attacks and for Working People’s Political Alternative on a Socialist Programme Today, the Supreme Court set aside the judgement of the Court of Appeal which had earlier reversed INEC’s deregistration of the SPN and 21 other parties. This was although INEC criminally disobeyed the appeal court judgement while
*SPN opposes any illusion in pro-capitalist politicians and government formed by them **Only a working people government formed through an independent political initiative of the working people armed with a socialist programme can rescue the country and its ailing economy. The Socialist Party of Nigeria, (SPN) commends both the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and Trade Union Congress, TUC for organizing
ERC Calls on Nigerian Students to Embark on Nationwide Protests and Demonstrations until the FG is Compelled to Meet Demands The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) hereby places the blame for the extension of ASUU’s one-month warning strike by eight weeks on the nonchalance of the Buhari All Progressive Congress (APC)-led Federal Government which failed to utilize the one-month warning strike
The world has been plunged into another catastrophe on top of the COVID-19 pandemic, following the murderous Putin regime’s invasion of Ukraine. The war, which has raged for more than two weeks, has brought with it carnage and human suffering not experienced in Europe since the Balkan wars in the 1990s. By Tony Saunois, Secretary, Committee for a Workers’ International
The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) commiserates with the family and friends of Bamise Ayanwola, the 22-year old young woman who went missing on February 26, 2020 after boarding a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Bus from Ajah only to be found dead days later. From available facts and evidence, it is highly probable that Bamise fell victim to ritual killers or
International Women’s Day (IWD) 2022: *Labour Leadership Must Lead Struggle Against Oppression and Economic Deprivation By Kola Ibrahim It is another International Women’s Day (IWD). While it is traditional on this occasion to felicitate with Nigerian women and women all over the world, it is actually more appropriate to sympathise with Nigerian women, given the increasing suppression, oppression and exploitation