For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
Neither APC nor PDP represents genuine interests of working people, youth and the poor people The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State, hereby strongly condemns the violence that has trailed recent Appeal Court judgement over the 2022 Local Government elections. The violence, which has claimed lives and subjected the people of the state to unwarranted apprehension, was sequel to the
On July 11, 2024, the Supreme Court of Nigeria ruled on the financial autonomy of the country’s 774 local government councils. This judgment following a suit brought forth by Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), the Federal Minister of Justice, to end the unconstitutional manipulation of local government funds by state governments. However, despite the apparent legal victory, the autonomy will not automatically
WE DEMAND PROVISION OF BASIC AMENITIES The Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Ope George, recently disclosed that the Lagos State Government generated N400 billion in the first half of this year. This revelation came to light during the 2024 Budget Consultative Forum, where Mr. George expressed confidence in the state’s ability to meet its end-of-year target. While
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
SPN Challenges the Makinde-led Oyo State Government to subject the finances of the state to democratic control of a board comprising representatives of workers organizations, political parties, civil society organizations among others The arrest of Alhaji Bello Gafar, the Oyo State Accountant-General, by the Economic Financial and Crime commission, EFCC, over an allegation of N9billion money laundering has continued to
Premium Times along with a few other media organizations in Nigeria have been publishing daily exposures of the revelations they unearthed alongside 600 journalists from 150 news organizations around the world in a global investigation into the “offshore hideaways of some of the world’s most powerful personalities”. The project, known as Pandora Papers, is facilitated by the International Consortium of