Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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ERC Condemns Criminal School Fees Hike in OOU Ago Iwoye

Calls for Mass Actions by Students to demand Reversal The Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Ogun state chapter, condemn the recent 100 per cent fees increment by the management of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, with the support of the Dapo Abiodun APC-led government. Without mincing words, this outrageous fees hike is not only criminal  but it’s also the

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Workers Prepare to Resist Mass Sack and Privatization of Water in Lagos State

Workers in the Lagos State Water Corporation held a staff forum/congress on Tuesday 19 December 2023 to discuss how to resist plans by the Lagos State government to lay off workers in preparation for the wholesale privatization of the sector. Prior to now, nothing less than 450 casual workers had been laid off by the State government citing specious excuses.

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INVITATION BY THE DSS TO A “PARLEY”: WE WILL MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE IF INVITATION IS FORMALISED AND LAWYERS’ PRESENCE PERMITTED

ERC Condemns DSS Surveillance of its Leaders and Infiltration of its Meetings On Thursday 14 December 2023, a day after the public unveiling of our new pamphlet “Ten Reasons why Tinubu’s Students Loan is a Scam”, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), the secret police of the Nigerian state, reached out via a phone call to comrade Hassan

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SACK OF 450 LAGOS STATE WATER CORPORATION WORKERS IS ANTI-PEOPLE

CDWR DEMANDS THE RECALL OF ALL SACKED WORKERS AND FULL INTEGRATION INTO LAGOS CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYMENT The sack of 450 Lagos State Water Corporation workers on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, in a period of economic crisis is insensitive and anti-workers. This mass sack will not only throw the affected workers into more poverty but also deepen the socio-economic problems they

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ERC LAUNCHES PAMPHLET ON TINUBU’S STUDENT LOAN

We Call on Nigerian Students to Organise Independent Actions to Reject the Policy and Demand Adequate Funding and Democratic Management of Public Education Report by Sodiq Duroorike, ERC Coordinator, Lagos State The Education Rights Campaign (ERC), on Wednesday 13th December 2023, held a public launch of its pamphlet: “Ten Reasons Why the Tinubu Student Loan Act is A Scam”. This

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Incessant Market Closures by Lagos State are Unjustifiable

Privatisation of Solid Waste Management Responsible for Poor Sanitary Condition of Markets By Gideon Adeyeni DSM Ifako-Ijaye Branch Recently, there have been incessant closures of markets by officials of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) in partnership with Lagos Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offenses and Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC). This is following the order of the Commissioner

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One year of Ademola Adeleke/PDP-led government in Osun State: Nothing fundamental to show while much is expected.

27 November, 2023 marks one year of the current Ademola Adeleke/People’s Democratic Party (PDP)-led government of Osun State. Not a few people in the state felt a sigh of relief when Oyetola/APC government, which was synonymous with sadistic anti-worker and anti-poor policies, was ousted in the 16 July, 2022 governorship election. The twelve years of APC under Aregbesola and Oyetola