For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
2018 BUDGET PROPOSAL: ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ATTACK ON PUBLIC EDUCATION ERC calls For Nationwide Mass Protests to force an increase in the Budgetary Allocation to Education The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) strongly condemns the proposal of President Buhari-led Federal Executive Council to allocate a paltry 7.04% of the 2018 budget to the education sector. We hereby demand an upward review of
ERC CONDEMNS PERSECUTION AND POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED DISMISSAL OF STAFF UNION LEADERS IN LASU Calls for an Independent Panel of Inquiry into the Allegations and Processes Leading to the Dismissal of Dr. Isaac Akinloye Oyewumi and Dr. Adebowale Adeyemi-Suenu – respectively Chairman and Vice Chairman of ASUU LASU The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) condemns the recent politically-motivated dismissal of the Chairman of
POLICE REPRESSION AND BRUTALIZATION OF STUDENTS AND STAFFS IN FCA IBADAN IS CONDEMNABLE All police officers involved in the criminal acts must be brought to justice The Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Oyo state chapter, strongly condemns the recent police repression and brutalization of innocent students and staff of the Federal College of Agriculture, (FCA) and Institute for Agricultural Research and
Mugabe has gone – but his regime remains in power by Weizmann Hamilton and Tinovimbanashe Gwenyaya Workers and Socialist Party (WASP, CWI in South Africa) The takeover of power by the Zimbabwe defence force is a military coup in all but name. It represents a turning point in post-independence Zimbabwe and the almost certain end of Mugabe’s reign. The military
MINIMUM WAGE: NLC TAKING GOVERNMENT TO ILO IS A MISPLACEMENT OF PRIORITY! Declare a National day of action to commence the struggle for a new minimum wage and payment of salary arrears The attention of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has been drawn to a media report that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has dragged the Federal Government of
ERC CONDEMNS PROSCRIPTION OF STUDENTS UNION AT OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE Several Students Injured as Management Unleashes Reign of Terror to Enforce Proscription of the Union Appeals to FG to call the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ogunmodede, to Order Demands Restoration of Independent Unionism and Recall of all Victimized Student Activists The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) calls on the Prof. Eyitope
STUDENTS’ ACTIVISTS SUSPENDED FOR PROTESTING OVER POOR CONDITIONS OF LEARNING Call for Solidarity Actions By Wole Engels National Mobilisation Officer, ERC Four (4) students’ leaders and activists of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) have been placed on indefinite suspension by the management over a peaceful protest that held on the campus on Friday October 6th, 2017. The action was sequel
Alfred Adegoke, Osun State Chairperson of Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Defeats Department of State Security Service (SSS) in Court Alfred Adegoke – photo DSM (Click to enlarge) Awarded N500,000 Damages By Kola Ibrahim State Coordinator, CDWR Osun State On October 10th, 2017, the Federal High Court, Osogbo Division, sitting under Justice M.A. Onyetenu, gave a victorious judgment to Comrade
Successful Weekend of Discussion at DSM National Committee DSM NC singing (Click to enlarge) By HT Soweto Over the weekend of Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 October 2017, the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) – CWI Nigeria – had its National Committee (NC) meeting. The meeting held at the International Press Centre (IPC), Ogba, Lagos. Over 60 delegates and observers representing
Nigeria Resolution DSM National Committee Meeting October 14 -15 2017 Nigeria’s socio-economic and political problems seem to have no solution, over two years into the Buhari/APC ‘change’ government. In every sphere of governance, the government is struggling to maintain a balance, albeit an unsettled one. Economic situation, in spite of the official exit from recession, is getting worse and unmitigated
World Economy and Relations Global Crisis of Capitalism, Political and Social Consequences and Struggle for Socialism National Committee Meeting October 14-15, 2017 The global economy seems to have started emerging from the monumental crisis set off by the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 which is the most severe since the 1929 depression. In the last one decade there was no
IAR&T IBADAN: Ex-Director Convicted of Corruption A call for democratisation of public institutions By Abbey Trotsky Coordinator Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Right (CDWR) Oyo State Chapter On October 3, 2017, a Federal High court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, and presided over by Justice Ayo Emmanuel, sentenced Prof B.A Ogunbodede, former Executive Director, Institute of Agricultural Research and
NIGERIA: SOCIALISTS CELEBRATE THE CENTENARY OF THE 1917 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION By Fidel Davynovich, DSM Ajegunle Monday 16 October, 2017, over 60 people including socialists, community activists, student activists and trade unionists, gathered at the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) Hall in the Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos to commemorate the centenary of the 1917 Russian revolution. The event
OAU: SUSPENSION OF STUDENTS’ LEADERS FOR PARTICIPATING IN PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST POOR WELFARE CONDITIONS BY MANAGEMENT IS UNJUSTIFIABLE AND CONDEMNABLE FOR IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL REINSTATEMENT OF IBK AND OTHER VICTIMISED STUDENTS We in the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) strongly condemn the suspension of 4 students activists and leaders of the students’ union of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, over students’ protest
Socialist Democracy October 2017 Special Edition 1917-2017: Centenary of the Russian Revolution Can the Working Class Take Power in Nigeria? 100 years ago in Russia, workers leading the peasantry overthrew the oppressive Tsarist state. The revolution which started in February 1917 unfolded over a period of 9 months culminating in October with power passing directly into the hands of workers
CONTINUOUS PROSCRIPTION OF UI STUDENTS’ UNION IS UNDEMOCRATIC AND A PLOY TO DEEPEN ATTACKS ON STUDENTS COME NEXT SESSION! There is a need for an effort to initiate a campaign for the reinstatement of the union, halting victimisation of activists and improvement in welfare conditions on campus now!! The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) University of Ibadan branch welcomes the entire
TOGO UPRISING: SOLIDARITY PROTEST AND PICKETING OF TOGOLESE EMBASSY HELD IN LAGOS Following the mass uprising that has recently erupted in the Republic of Togo demanding that President Faure Gnassingbe steps down, there have been killing of protesters and repression of democratic rights. President Faure Gnassingbe is the scion of the late Eyadema Gnassingbe who ruled Togo for nearly 38
SPN vs INEC: At last, Victory is near Over three year struggle for registration may soon be won November 2, 2017 fixed for Delivery of Judgment By Peluola Adewale SPN members at National Human Rights Commission Southwest Office in Lagos – photo DSM (Click to enlarge) At last, the Federal High Court Abuja on September 27, 2017 fixed a date
CDWR Symposium: Labour leaders challenged to lead a serious fight for new minimum wage and payment of salary arrears Some of the participants at the Symposium – photo DSM (Click to enlarge) Labour leaders, trade unionists and pro-labour activists representing different organisations gathered on Lagos on Wednesday September 20, 2017 to discuss how the labour movement could actualize living wage
ERC WELCOMES CONDITIONAL SUSPENSION OF ASUU, SSANU, NASU AND NAAT STRIKES The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) welcomes the conditional suspension of the 36-day old strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the 9-day old strikes of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and National Association