Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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ERC condemns court order mandating ASUU to suspend its strike; it is injustice!

*NLC/TUC must declare a 48 hours general strike in support of ASUU* *Mass actions needed to force the government to a retreat!* The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) strongly condemns the order delivered on Wednesday September 21 by the National Industrial Court mandating ASUU to suspend its strike. This order is not only unfair and unjust, it is also an attempt

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Police Terrorizes Agege, Lagos, community for protesting mass disconnection on the orders of Ikeja Electric management

*Release Alfa Saheed Fatai, and Odewale Jamiu Now! The Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) condemns the arrest of Alfa Saheed, the Imam of Ladoje Mosque, Agege and Odewale Jamiu early this morning, Wednesday 21st September 2022, by police officers from the Abattoir Divisional Headquarters, Oko Oba Agege, Lagos, at the behest of Ikeja Electric, Emmanuel Undertaking office. The

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ERC Joins NANS #EndASUUStrike Protest

Buhari government must meet ASUU demanDS On Tuesday September 19, members of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) and the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) joined other Nigerian students at a protest organized by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Lagos as part of the campaign to place demand on the government to #EndASUUStrike. The protest took place at the

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ASUU INDEFINITE STRIKE: BUHARI GOVERNMENT MUST BE HELD RESPONSIBLE!

FG MUST MEET DEMANDS OF ASUU AND OTHER UNIONS NOW WE WELCOME STUDENTS PROTEST FOR IMMEDIATE REOPENING OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) strongly condemns the refusal of the Federal Government to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). It is this refusal that has led to the extension of the strike into a

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NLC’s CALL FOR VOTES FOR PETER OBI

*No pro-capitalist politicians can be trusted to defend and protect the interest of workers, youths and the poor *Only a government formed by workers and the poor run on the basis of socialist programmes can rescue Nigeria state and the economy The attention of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has been drawn to an open call on the Nigeria

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CDWR CONDEMNS THE BUHARI GOVERNMENT’S FRIVOLOUS SUIT AGAINST ASUU AT THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT

CDWR DEMANDS THAT THE FG ADEQUATELY FUNDS EDUCATION AND MEET ASUU’S DEMANDS CDWR CALLS ON NLC AND TUC LEADERS TO URGENTLY CALL A 48 HOUR GENERAL STRIKE BACKED WITH MASS ACTIONS The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns the Buhari-led government’s lawsuit at the National Industrial Court, Abuja, against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This latest

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ERC CONDEMNS FG’S PLAN TO DRAG ASUU TO INDUSTRIAL COURT

*FG MUST DROP THE CHARGES AND MEET ALL DEMANDS OF ASUU* We of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) condemn the decision of Buhari government to drag the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to the National Industrial Court on Monday, September 12. This was reported by ThisDay newspaper in its edition of Saturday, September 10, 2022. We hold that the

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THE CRISIS IN NIGERIA EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND ASUU’S INDEFINITE STRIKE ACTION

H.T. Soweto’s speech at the 13th Memorial Lecture for Gani Fawehinmi held in Lagos The 13th annual memorial lecture in the honour of Gani Fawehinmi, Nigeria’s foremost human rights and pro-democracy activist and the founder of the National Conscience Party (NCP), was held in Lagos on Monday September 5, 2022. It is a yearly event organised by the Gani Fawehinmi

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INAUGURATION OF NELMCO BOARD IS A MOVE FOR ANOTHER BAILOUT AND A POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF DISCOs TO ANOTHER SET OF “PRIVATE INVESTORS”

# CARE insists that privatisation is a failure and reiterates its call for a renationalisation of POWER SECTOR under a democratic control of electricity workers and consumers # We also call for the implementation of the TCN workers’ demands The attention of the Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity, CARE, has been drawn to the news of a recent inauguration

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BLAME THE ANTI-POOR, INEFFICIENT AND IRRESPONSIBLE OGUN STATE APC GOVERNMENT LED BY PRINCE DAPO ABIODUN FOR THE PETROL TANKER EXPLOSION AT OLAMBE-MATOGUN IFO LGA

WE DEMAND ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR ALL VICTIMS AND IMMEDIATE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM TO FIX ALL ROADS AND PROVIDE OTHER BASIC AMENITIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) Ifo LGA chapter puts the blame for the petrol tanker explosion that occurred at the Olambe-Matogun road in Ifo LGA on the anti-poor, inefficient, and irresponsible All Progressive Congress (APC)

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OGUN STATE GOV. ABIODUN’S PLEDGE TO FIX JUST ONE SIDE OF LONG-ABANDONED 32km IFO ROAD IS LAUGHABLE AND AN ADMISSION OF FAILURE

*SPN DEMANDS THE COMPLETION OF ALL SECTIONS OF THE DUALISED 32-KILOMETRE ROAD The decision of the Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, as reported in the Punch newspaper of 31st August 2022, to “fix one side of the 32km Sango-Ota/Ijoko/Olambe/Akute/Alagbole road” in Ifo local government is laughable, an insult to the intelligence of the people of Ifo LGA and an admission