For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
ADARAMOYE MICHEAL LENIN AND OTHER #ENDBADGOVERNANCE ACTIVISTS DO NOT DESERVE A DEATH SENTENCE FOR PROTESTING AGAINST HUNGER AND HARDSHIP Being the text of a press conference addressed by the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) on Monday 27 January 2025 at the International Press Centre (IPC), Ogba Lagos, ahead of the commencement of trial of Adaramoye Micheal Lenin and 10 others for
End the attacks on democratic rights! We support Amnesty International’s report titled “bloody August” indicting the Police and other security agencies of a crackdown on peaceful protesters End the 6-year long trial and drop all charges against Abbey Trotsky who is being tried for defending workers’ rights in Ibadan, Nigeria Prosecute police officers, army and other security officers culpable of
CDWR SOLIDARISES WITH WORKERS AND CALLS ON MANAGEMENT TO MEET WORKERS DEMANDS The leadership of the National Union of Postal and Telecommunication Employees (NUPTE) and workers of TRANEX Express Plc picketed the company’s headquarters at Oshodi, Lagos, on Wednesday January 22, 2025. The union and workers embarked on the picketing and strike action after the management refused to meet the
ERC hails UCH protest by Students Union and calls for similar action in UI to demand better welfare condition before second semester exams fully begins The Education Rights Campaign, ERC, University of Ibadan (UI) branch welcomes the decision by the Bolaji Aweda leadership of the Students’ Union to organize a protest at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan on Wednesday,
We demand compensation for the Failure of IBEDC and Darkness imposed on the People Only re-nationalization of power sector under a democratic control and management of the elected representatives of working people can usher in efficiency The Oyo State Chapter of the Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity (CARE) rejects in totality, the flimsy excuses offered by the Ibadan Electricity
CDWR ADVOCATES PROGRESSIVE TAXATION, MORE TAXES ON BIG BUSINESS PROFITS AND BILLIONAIRES’ LIFESTYLE AND NATIONALISATION AND DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF COMMANDING HEIGHTS OF ECONOMY The Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) strongly hold that the proposed tax reform by the Bola Tinubu government, currently before the National Assembly, is primarily designed to reduce the tax being paid by big businesses
Comrade Bene Madunagu, who died recently and is being buried in Calabar today, January 17, was a striking example of a dedicated and committed socialist. As a working-class oriented class fighter, her monumental contributions to the struggles for the liberation of Nigerian working masses and the poor, and particularly that of women, are perhaps under-documented or not as highlighted as
YRC WARNS THE NPF TO DESIST FROM BULLYING AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OVER ITS EXPOSURE OF POLICE MISCONDUCT AND BRUTAL CRACKDOWN ON PEACEFUL PROTESTS WE STAND BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S REPORT AND DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF THE IGP IN ORDER TO CREATE ROOM FOR AN INDEPENDENT AND TRANSPARENT PROBE The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) condemns the recent public statement issued by the
CDWR DEMANDS REVERSAL OF ALL EXTRAVAGANT PACKAGES FOR THE MILITARY, JUDGES AND TOP POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS It is a disservice to the toiling Nigerian workers and masses for President Tinubu to approve jumbo salaries, allowances and outrageous perks for serving and retiring generals and top military officers while subjecting those who labour to create the wealth of the country to
WE CALL FOR THE REVERSAL OF THIS UNJUST POLICY, AND IMMEDIATE MOBILIZATION OF ALL AFFECTED STUDENTS The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) strongly condemns the recent decision of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to exclude Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates who completed their National Diploma (ND) through a part-time programme. This policy not only undermines the efforts of thousands of
Detention and prosecution is diversionary, government should begin to tackle the root cause of the condition of poverty with immediate reversal of its anti-people pro-capitalist policies The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) supports the growing demand for the immediate release of the individuals arrested and incarcerated in connection with the December 18 stampede that led to the death of over
Amnesty International Report: We reaffirm our call for the IGP to step down to allow for an Independent and impartial probe into the August protests We members of the #EndBadGovernance Movement, Lagos Chapter, commiserate with the Nigerian people over the repeated cases of deadly stampede at charity events around the country in the past one week. According to reports, nothing
The Socialist Party Of Nigeria (SPN) sympathizes with the families of victims and cautions against the deceitful crocodile tears by the pro-capitalist politicians and governments formed by them! We demand a democratic committee with representatives of NLC, TUC, NBA, ASUU, civil society, religious organizations among others for a transparent compilation of victims and adequate compensation On Wednesday, 18th December, 2024,
CDWR holds that the state leadership of Labour ought to have demanded payment of arrears of the approved minimum wage from July and immediate reversal of fee hike including adequate funding of all the state-owned tertiary institutions The attention of the Oyo State branch of Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights (CDWR) has been drawn to several media reports over
CALLS ON LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT TO MEET HEALTH WORKERS DEMANDS The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) backs the striking Lagos health workers in their struggle and demand for the implementation of the 25% adjustments to the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS). We condemn the refusal of the Lagos State Government to implement the 25% CONHESS adjustments. The Lagos
Tinubu’s Capitalist Policies Have Failed! Time for a Socialist Alternative At a recent high-level meeting in Nigeria’s capital Abuja in May this year, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Richard Montgomery, said the following “I’d like to use this opportunity to express the whole lot of support of my government to the Renewed Hope Agenda of His Excellency, the
For a 48-hour general strike as first step Now! A Conference of Trade Unions, Left Activists and Socialists to Discuss Alternative to Neo-Liberal Capitalist Programme is Needed The frequent increase in the price of petrol is yet another proof that there is no let off for working people and the poor from the devastating attacks on the living standards by
There is little to celebrate over the N70,000 new national minimum wage considering the rising inflation that reduces its value on a daily basis. Its dollar value is, at the time of writing, is under US$42, this is almost half the US$83 value of the outgoing N30,000 minimum when it was introduced in 2019. Nonetheless, we recognize that N70,000 minimum
#EndBadGovernance: DROP CHARGES AGAINST PROTESTERS AND END SHAM TRIALS NOW! Friday November 8 saw a protest held in Nigeria and internationally in solidarity with those on criminal trial and in detention in connection with the nationwide protest held between August 1 and August 8 over mass hunger and economic hardship. The protest demanded the immediate withdrawal of trumped-up charges levelled
For Massive Public Funding and Democratic Control of Agriculture Working People and Poor Farmers Must Resist Neo-Liberal Policies Under the APC-led Tinubu administration, chronic hunger and hardship have not only become rife, the majority of the population now face serious food insecurity. Poor Nigerian households are confronted with possible starvation due to high cost of food, deepening and exacerbating the
