Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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SPN CONDEMNS PRESIDENT BUHARI’S CIVIL WAR STATEMENT

We call for a democratically-convened Sovereign National Conference of the working people, ethnic nationalities, etc. to address Nigeria’s socio-economic, political, security and nationality crises. The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns in absolute terms the statement of President Muhammadu Buhari where he threatened Nigerians, and especially the south-easterners, with the state violence reminiscent of the Nigerian civil war era. The

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Six Years of Economic Dislocation and Capitalist Attacks under Buhari Administration

May 29th 2021 marked six years of uninspiring rule of the Buhari/APC government. A government that emerged from the quest of Nigerians to end corruption, insecurity and poverty has become so cancerous to the very existence of Nigeria and Nigerians. For every item for which Buhari was elected, indices have gone southwards. Without mincing words, given the opportunity today, majority

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UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS IN NIGERIA: TIME TO BUILD A FIGHTING MOVEMENT TO DEMAND JOBS

ONLY A SOCIALIST TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETY CAN GUARANTEE DECENT JOBS AND DECENT LIVES FOR THE MASS MAJORITY Unemployment crisis in Nigeria has continued to worsen, together with the worrisome rate of poverty. According to a policy report made by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms in 2018, the country needs to provide at least 3 million jobs yearly to meet

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RECESSION OVER BUT ECONOMIC CRISIS AND POVERTY CONTINUE

Working Masses Must Resist Capitalist Attacks and Fight for Socialist Alternative Officially Nigeria has exited recession with an anaemic 0.11 percent growth in the fourth quarter of 2020. This was announced by the National Bureau of Statistics in February 2021. The economy had slipped into its second recession in four years in the third quarter of 2020 following the contraction

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NIGERIA: COVID-19, REPRESSION, RECESSION AND REVOLT

NIGERIA: COVID-19, REPRESSION, RECESSION AND REVOLT A year of turning points (Document agreed by the DSM National Committee Dec 12 – 13, 2020) No doubt, 2020 has been an extremely eventful and unusual year in Nigeria and worldwide. The year started with the tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic which led to about 5-months lockdown during which hundreds of thousands nearly

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