For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
This year May Day held at a period when many workers and the poor are facing serious economic hardship compounded by the anti-poor capitalist policies of the Bola Tinubu government. Another feature of the government which will reach a midterm mark on May 29 is a ceaseless attack on democratic rights aimed at stifling resistance against its anti-poor policies. Therefore,
RELEASE THEM NOW! The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) condemns the arrest of Kola Edokpayi by the Department of State Services (DSS) and subsequent abduction of Martin Vincent Otse, aka Very Dark Man (VDM), by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Also condemnable is the incarceration of Thomas Umar, the State coordinator of the Take it Back (TIB) movement in
Time For a Socialist Alternative Now! On May 29, 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would clock two years in office. In that space of time, his neo-liberal capitalist economic reforms have led to a destruction of livelihoods and the economy on a scale previously unimagined. By H.T Soweto, lead article ‘Socialist Democracy’, May-June 2025 edition For example, the pump price
Workers and Trade Unions Should Fight for Full Implementation AND Begin Mass Struggle for a Living Wage The Nigerian working class continues to suffer under the crushing weight of high cost of living and economic crisis. The current national minimum wage of N70,000 is, in reality, a huge joke. Yet the new minimum wage, which in less than a year has
If we are to live by the glowing and self-congratulatory messages of the Tinubu government, it would mean Nigeria is on the road to Eldorado. But reality and facts are stubborn. While government officials sit in their lush offices, spending away Nigeria’s money for their cosy yet extravagant lifestyles, just to dole out poverty-increasing policies, the mass of workers and
HIGH TARIFF MAKES ELECTRICITY UNAFFORDABLE FOR MOST NIGERIANS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AS POWER COMPANIES MAKE HUGE PROFITS For Return of Power Sector to Public Ownership. This Time Under Democratic Control of Consumers and Workers It is clear that the very essence of privatising the power sector is to make huge profit for the private power companies out of providing an
Still struggling with hardship triggered by the anti-poor capitalist policies of Bola Tinubu government, there is a new outcry biting the flesh and breaking the bones of many working people and the poor, and it is the astronomical increase of house rent in different parts of Lagos and other states. Paying of rent is now a tough ladder for
We Condemn the Role of the Police and the Attorney General of the Federation For A Mass Party of the Working People on a Genuine Socialist Program Capable of Banishing Poverty and Emancipating the Poor, Oppressed, Women and Youth By Alfred Adegoke DSM Coordinator, Osun State The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State, strongly condemns the violence that has trailed
CDWR Calls for a Struggle Against Precarious Work Practices Outsourcing and contract staffing are exploitative practices wherein employers shift their workforce onto the payrolls of third-party labour contractors and this practice has been growing like wildfire in Nigeria over the last fifteen years, affecting both the private and public sectors. Flourishing sectors such as banking, oil and gas, aviation, telecommunications,
The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns Egbin Power Plc management for resisting negotiation of Condition of Service with workers and their union. Egbin Power Plant workers and the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have made several efforts towards negotiating a Condition of Service with the Egbin Power Plants management but sadly to no avail. By CDWR
Trump’s 2nd April “Liberation Day” speech was a turning point, as it launched an open offensive to break capitalist globalisation in its current form. This was not, as Trump falsely claims, in the interests of US workers, but is a desperate attempt to maintain the position of US capitalism as the world’s premier power and to rebuild its industrial base. Trump’s
The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) calls on trade unions, pro-masses’ organizations, and activists to support the demand for an immediate end to the continuous persecution of Comrade Abiodun Bamigboye (Abbey Trotsky) on trumped-up criminal charges by the police at the instance of the management of the SUMAL FOOD LIMITED Ibadan. Abbey Trotsky is the Oyo State Coordinator
CDWR Calls NLC, TUC JNC and Civil Society Organizations to Compel Gov. Abiodun to Address the Plights of Workers’ and Retirees By Eko John Nicholas, Coordinator, CDWR Ogun State Workers and the poor masses of Ogun state have been thrown into worsening economic hardships occasioned by the Dapo Abiodun-led APC government increasing attacks on the democratic rights of workers and
By Adaramoye Michael Lenin In an index compiled in 2024 by the World Human Rights and Rule of Law Index, Nigeria ranked 120 out of 140 countries, ‘scoring below average and falling behind military-ruled Niger, gang-plagued El Salvador and war-torn Ukraine’ (Fig.ng, 10, 12,2024). This clearly shows the magnitude of the attacks on democratic rights under the administration of Tinubu.
Government Must Provide Free and Quality Education to Students By Samuel Sankara, DSM, Abuja The Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja is said to have adopted a new strategy to tackle the increasing number of out-of-school children in the FCT by transforming its head-to-head debate competition into a full advocacy initiative to address the
A Democratic Community Response is Needed By Moshood Oshunfunrewa, Coordinator, Ajegunle People’s Movement The residents of Ajegunle in Ajeromi Ifelodun local government, Lagos, continue to suffer gross violation of their rights at the hands of the Nigerian Police Force – now operating under a new name, ‘Tactical Squad’. While the government declared the disbandment of the notorious SARS unit in
CDWR Advocates Progressive Taxation (Heavy Taxes on Big Business Profits and Billionaires’ Lifestyle) The Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) strongly holds that the proposed tax reform by the Bola Tinubu government, currently before the National Assembly, is primarily designed to reduce the tax being paid by big businesses while the low-income earners pay more. The working people must
PERESSA Holds Annual Industrial Conference On Wednesday April 9, 2025, the Precision, Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association (PERESSA) held its annual industrial conference in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Below is the opening speech of Comrade Rufus Olusesan, the National President of the union, which is an affiliated member of the Trade Union Congress TUC. Rufus is also a leading
Press Statement by the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) Despite the fact that the Supreme Court on April 4 nullified the Court of Appeal’s judgment, which had recognised Julius Abure as the national chairman of the Labour Party, the leadership crisis has not been conclusively resolved. Abure, apparently akin to kicks of a dying horse, is still laying claim to the
PERESSA CELEBRATES WITH WORKERS The Precision, Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association, (PERESSA) felicitates with our members as well as all workers here in Nigeria and across the world as we commemorate the year 2025 edition of the International Workers’ Day. This year May Day is taking place in Nigeria at a period of monumental erosion of the living
