Category: Statements

BAMIDELE ATURU’S DEATH: PAINFUL LOSS TO THE NIGERIAN WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) express our heartfelt sorrow at the untimely departure of Bamidele Aturu, a renowned former students’ leader and pro-working class legal and human rights activist. As the Students’ Union President at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State and later as Vice-President

DOCTORS’ INDEFINITE STRIKE AND THE UNHEALTHY RIVALRY IN THE HEALTH SECTOR The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has embarked on indefinite strike since July 1, 2014 to press home their 24 demands. Some of the demands are: Increment in duty specialist and hazard allowance, budget for residency training, reserving the position of Chief Medical Director (CMD) to only medical doctors, appointment

CDWR Condemns Killing of Innocent Citizens at Dangote’s Gboko Cement Factory The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns in strongest terms the killing of seven innocent citizens by soldiers of the Nigerian Army at the Gboko Cement Factory owned by Aliko Dangote. According to media reports, the soldiers attached to the factory were alleged to have shot one

No to Privatization of Refineries: Labour Unions Must Uncompromisingly Oppose This Daylight Robbery Socialist Party of Nigeria statement The Nigerian government is hell-bent in taking Nigeria to an economic road to perdition with its rabid implementation of neo-liberal policies. The latest in the phase is the privatization of the state-owned oil refineries. If allowed, this policy will further worsen the

SPN CONDEMNS WUSE II BOMBING AND OTHER TERRORIST ATTACKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the June 25, 2014 bombing of Banex Shopping Plaza in Wuse 11, Abuja that led to the death of 21 persons while injuring 17 others. Among the casualties is Suleiman Bisalla, Managing Editor (Northern Operations) of the New Telegraph. We commiserate with

Ekiti Governorship Election and Urgent Necessity for a Working People’s Political Alternative The governorship election in Ekiti State held on 21 June 2014 in which the incumbent governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi of APC, was trounced by Ayodele Fayose of PDP may have come and gone, but the lessons should not be lost on the working and poor people. More than

ABDUCTED GIRLS: WE SAY NO TO IMPERIALIST INTERVENTION! NLC and TUC must mobilize mass protests and one-day general strike against terrorist attacks on poor working masses, students & youths, joblessness, poverty wages etc Socialist Party of Nigeria press statement May 13, 2014 We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) wholeheartedly welcome the campaigns for the return of the abducted

CHIBOK GIRLS ABDUCTION Can Solution to Boko Haram Insurgency Be Found Under Capitalism? By Hassan Taiwo Soweto The abduction on April 14 by Boko Haram of over 200 girls from a public secondary school in Chibok – a small town in Borno State – has sparked global outrage. Widespread condemnation has come from far and near and almost the entire

Socialist Party of Nigeria Press Statement We Reject Fuel Price Increase We call on NLC and TUC to Declare A ‘Day of Mass Mobilization’ with 24-hour Warning Strike The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) strongly rejects any attempt of governments at all levels to increase the pump price of petrol under the guise of removing fuel subsidy. According to newspaper

MAYDAY 2014: WHERE NOW FOR THE LABOUR MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA? FOR 24 HOUR GENERAL STRIKE NOW! Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) May Day Statement This year’s May Day celebration provides another opportunity to review the state of the Nigerian workers’ movement vis-Å•-vis the continuing multiple crises afflicting the country and the urgent need for it to lead all the oppressed sections

BOMB EXPLOSIONS IN ABUJA: ANOTHER EVIDENCE OF FAILURE OF CAPITALIST GOVERNMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC SELF-DEFENCE COMMITTEES We in the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemn in strongest terms the terrorist attack on the popular Nyanya motor park in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Monday April 14 which killed over 70 people. While no group has claimed responsibility we hold that

April 2, 2014 SPN PAYS ONE MILLION NAIRA TO INEC WE ARE WAITING FOR FORMS AND DOCUMENTS TO FILE APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION The Socialist Party of Nigeria has successfully scaled another hurdle set on its path by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the behest of the capitalist ruling elite, as the party on March 20 paid a sum

Press Statement: SPN Condemns Aregbesola Government’s Insensitive Attitude to Retirees’ Plight We support Pensioners’ protest to demand for their rights We commend Ondo State workers for rejecting the Contributory Pension Scheme The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Osun State Chapter, condemns in strong terms the continued but wicked insensitivity of the Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola-led Osun State government to the plight

OGUN STATE: STOP IRREGULAR PAYMENT OF LECTURERS’ SALARIES NOW AVERT ANOTHER STRIKE AT OOU! The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns in strong terms gross irregularity in the salaries of the lecturers of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), the state owned institution, over the past three years. The lecturers, whose several appeals to the All Progressive Congress (APC) led government

NIS JOB RECRUITMENT IS A POLICY OF EXTORTION SPN CONDOLES WITH THE FAMILIES OF DEAD APPLICANTS NLC AND TUC SHOULD CALL A DAY OF NATIONAL PROTEST The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condoles with families of the applicants who died or were injured at the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment exercise on May 15 across the country. We demand payment

Programmes and Projections for the DSM Student Wing DSM 21st Congress 2013 students wing meeting on October 4, photo by DSM In the last few years, our organization has been striving to ensure that new layers of ideologically and politically prepared comrades and cadres capable of playing major roles in expanding our frontiers in the Student movement are raised across

BUILDING SPN TO MEET THE ASPIRATION OF THE WORKING MASSES DSM 21st Congress Resolution The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) passed a resolution to form the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) in the National Committee meeting held on April 14 & 15 2012 with the aim of putting forward a political alternative for the Nigerian working masses that could stand in