For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
Education Rights Campaign PRESS STATEMENT COEASU 7-DAY WARNING STRIKE FURTHER DEMONSTRATES THE UTTER FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT MUST MEET COEASU DEMANDS IMMEDIATELY The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has embarked on a 7-day warning strike to compel the federal and state governments to meet its demands. The union is demanding, among other things, the implementation of the agreement
Education Rights Campaign (ERC) Press Statement LABARAN MAKU’S SCAREMONGERING ON ASUU STRIKE: GOVT CAN SHUT DOWN IF IT MUST; IT WOULD BE GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH On 4th September, 2013, the Minister of information Mr. Labaran Maku, in an attempt to give the false impression that the 2009 ASUU/FGN agreement is not implementable, declared that government activities could shut
Press Statement Osun State Government Should Pay Retirees The Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) Osun State Chapter calls on the government of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in Osun State to immediately commence the full payment of outstanding pension and pension arrears of retirees in the state. Currently, some sections of the retirees have been processed without being paid a
Socialist Party of Nigeria PRESS STATEMENT NLC NEC Communiqué: Labour Must Go Beyond Scratching the Surface NLC, TUC Should Mobilise for 48-hour Strike on Minimum Wage and in Support of ASUU Struggle The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) welcomes the recent decision of the National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to take up some issues affecting the
JAF CALABAR RALLY: WORKERS AND YOUTH TAKE A FURTHER STEP IN THE STRUGGLE TO SAVE EDUCATION. Socialist Party of Nigeria gains deeper echo despite right-wing attack By Ayo Ademiluyi and Onwunalu Alexander JAF Calabar August 27 – photo DSM With more than one hundred people in attendance, including workers drawn from Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Academic Staff Union
RE: ASUU officials in street brawl with Socialist Party Rejoinder to Daily Trust fabrication We write in response to a news article published on Wednesday 28 August 2013 in the Daily Trust newspaper. It was written by Eyo Charles, a Daily Trust correspondent in Calabar. In the report, the journalist alleged that “leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities
Education Rights Campaign Press Statement FG and ASUU’s NEGOTIATION: Mass Struggle Needed to Break The Deadlock! We Warn Government Not To Attempt To Break The Strike We Call on ASUU To Name a Day for Nationwide Mass Protest and Demonstration From all indications, negotiations between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have broken down. Instead
ASUU STRIKE IS TO SAVE PUBLIC EDUCATION! SUPPORT THE STRIKE! DON’T BREAK IT! WE URGE ASUU TO TAKE THE STRUGGLE TO THE NEXT LEVEL BY NAMING A DAY FOR NATIONWIDE MASS ACTION Education Rights Campaign (ERC) statement No doubt, there is urgent need for us to act now to save Nigeria’s education sector from a total collapse! It will interest
ASUU STRIKE UPDATE: JAF, ASUU and NANS Zone D Lead Protest against Education Underfunding ASUU Should Name a Day of National Protest as Next Stage of the Struggle Chinedu Agbebire JAF banner – photo DSM The national “Save Public Education” protest organized by the Joint Action Front (JAF) had its kick-off on Tuesday 13th of August 2013 in Lagos. The
Socialist Party of Nigeria PRESS STATEMENT ASUU STRIKE: ASUU and Trade Unions Must Mobilise for a Day of Mass Protest The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) fully supports ASUU in its ongoing industrial strike in defence of public education at university level. For a country stupendously rich in human and material resources the current state of public education is abnormally
Press Statement SPN Condemns the Proposed Removal of Minimum Wage from Exclusive List Senate Action is a Wake-up Call on the NLC and TUC to fight more Resolutely to Defend Workers Living Standards NLC and TUC Must Call an Immediate 48-hour General Strike/Mass Protest Now! The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns in absolute terms the anti-poor decision by the
Education Rights Campaign SUPPORT THE STRIKE! DON’T BREAK IT University Lecturers and Students United in the Struggle to Fight Neglect of Public Education! Great Nigerian students, there is urgent need for us to act now to save Nigeria’s education sector from a total collapse! It will interest us to know that between 2000 and 2011, Nigeria government earned N48.48 trillion
Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) CDWR CALL ON DURA PACK MANAGEMENT TO END ONGOING VICTIMISATION OF WORKERS DURA PACK WORKERS SHOULD EMBARK ON STRUGGLES FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS AND THE RECALL OF ILLEGALLY SACKED/LOCKED-OUT WORKERS Dura Pack is one of numerous Chinese owned companies in Nigeria which are run like slave camps. The company, which produces different types
Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) For 48-Hour Nationwide General Strike and Mass Protests against Education Attacks and Non-Implementation of Minimum Wage The Socialist Party of Nigeria is compelled by the fresh wave of strike actions by education workers’ unions (NUT, ASUP, SSANIP and ASUU) to call on the leadership of the NLC and TUC to mobilize for a 48-hour general
Education Rights Campaign (ERC) Press Statement ERC Backs ASUU’s Indefinite Strike Action Calls on Federal Government to Meet Lecturers Demands Immediately Lecturers! Don’t Sit At Home, For Mass Protest and Demonstrations Students! Support the Strike, Don’t Break It! For a United Struggle of Education Workers and Students to Save Education From Collapse Arising from its NEC meeting at the Olabisi
Socialist Party of Nigeria Ogun State Chapter PRESS STATEMENT OGUN TEACHERS’ STRIKE: GOVERNOR AMOSU MUST MEET THE DEMANDS OF TEACHERS AND STOP HARASSMENT OF THEIR LEADERS The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Ogun State Chapter, condemns in strong terms the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) led government in Ogun State over its refusal to honor the agreement the state government
SSANIP “June 4 Demo” Shows the Way Forward for On-going Polytechnic Workers’ Strike For More Mass Actions Uniting SSANIP, ASUP and NAPS in Struggle By Lateef Adams ERC Members Join Polytechnic Workers Protest March, photo DSM Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) in the Southwest Zone on Tuesday June 4 converged at the Yaba College of
On-Going ASUP and SSANIP Strike Actions Government Must Meet Demands So That Students can Resume Join Mass Protest on Tuesday 4 June 2013 by 10am in Yabatech, Lagos Lateef Adams (ERC Lagos State Coordinator) ERC members discussing students while circulating leaflets at Yabatech, photo DSM It is now glaring in the eyes of not only the working class in Nigeria,
UPDATE ON POLYTECHNIC STRIKE MILITARIZATION OF MINNA METROPOLIS HALTS ERC MAY 29 SOLIDARITY PROTEST Open Call on NAPS to Mobilise for Further Solidarity Actions Dimeji Macaulay and Awe Michael report The members of Education Rights Campaign (ERC) on May 29, 2013 converged in Minna, Niger state alongside some polytechnic students to hold a protest to demand that government meet the
Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Lagos, Teachers’ Union Election Dagga Tolar Elected As the New Chairman Victory Is Recognition of Consistency in Defence of Interests of Teachers and Other Sections of the Working Class People By Moshood Osunfunrewa, DSM Ajegunle Branch Dagga Tolar, photo DSM The victory of Comrade Dagga Tolar in the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) election, held on May 16, to