Month: March 2013

Nigeria’s General Strike/Mass Protest against Fuel Price Hike VITAL LESSONS FOR THE WORKING CLASS AND YOUTH (This article first published on 17 April 2012 is republished below, in an edited form, to mark the one year anniversary of the January uprising) By H T Soweto For 6 days running in January 2012, Nigeria was in the throes of a general

2015: NLC’S MISSION TO RE-CLAIM LABOUR PARTY Nigeria’s Incurable Socio-political Crisis Requires an Urgent Working Class Socio-political Alternative t is debatable whether currently there is any other country in the whole world afflicted with a greater socio-political crisis more than Nigeria. Potentially, Nigeria should be a success story. With a huge population of about 180 million, two-thirds of whom are

TEACHERS SPECIAL ALLOWANCE: NUT Must Declare Strike and Mass Protest for Implementation By Victor Osakwe Following the introduction of the new national minimum wage in 2012 after a long delay, many state governors deliberately removed the Teachers Special Allowance (TSA) which teachers had been hitherto enjoined. The TSA which is 27.5 percent of the basic salary was won by the

East-West Road: Another Failure of Corrupt Capitalist Government For a Day of Mass Protest for Completion of the Road! By Ayo Ademiluyi Nothing perhaps depicts the total failure of the local capitalist ruling elite to solve the simplest tasks facing the Niger Delta than the terrible state of the East-West Road and the recent saga that broke out between two

OKADA RIDERS UNDER SIEGE: End The Ban; End The Brutality! For Continuation of Mass Action! By Chinedu Bosah About 3,000 protesters including the operators of commercial motorcycle, popularly called okada riders and members of left organizations affiliated to the Joint Action Front (JAF) marched in Lagos on Monday December 10 and Wednesday December 19, 2013 against the Schedule 2 of

Oyo State: Buildings Demolished Without Provision of Alternative or Compensation By Abbey Trotsky In the last 6 months, the Oyo State government has demolished thousands of buildings used for different purposes like churches, houses, mosques and shops mainly in areas like Dugbe, Eleyele, Sango, Challenge, Samonda, and Iwo-road among others all in Ibadan. This exercise has rendered thousands of working

AILING LAGBUS TRANSPORT SCHEME: The Failure of Public Private Partnership (PPP) Reinstate Comrade Samuel Olowokere Now! By Chinedu Bosah For keen watchers of LAGBUS transport scheme, it is glaring that the transportation scheme is fast collapsing despite huge resources committed to it. The scheme was set up by the Lagos State Government with investment of public funds, landed properties etc.,

CAPITALIST BAILOUTS: Can They Reboot Nigeria’s Ailing Economy? By Kola Ibrahim For a country where virtually all facets of the economy are comatose, the idea of bailing out some sectors may sound innocuous on the surface but beneath this is a grand design by the capitalist politicians and their big business partners who severally and unapologetically debased the economy to

2013 BUDGET: President Jonathan and National Assembly Remain United against the Poor By Peluola Adewale Going through Nigeria budget every year gives one a strong feeling of déjŕ vu. Apart from difference in figures the budgets since the return of civil rule are in all fundamentals the same. They are essentially anti-poor. But there is a little twist this year.

OSUN STATE: Widespread Anger among Workers over N18, 000 Minimum Wage No more Dilly-Dallying, For Strike Actions Now! By Oladele Omokunle DSM Osogbo Since January Osun State workers have been holding rallies as part of activities to demand the implementation of the N18,000 minimum wage. The rallies are held at Fakunle High School Osogbo every Thursday. Members of the DSM

MINIMUM WAGE: General Strike is Overripe! For 48-Hour General Strike and Mass Protest * For a Fighting Trade Union Leadership By Peluola Adewale Two years after it has become a law the national minimum wage has been brazenly disobeyed by most state governors. Specifically, the new minimum wage was signed into law on March 25, 2011, a few days to