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We Need Robust United Trade Union Action to Win Our Education & Health Rights
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We Need Robust United Trade Union Action to Win Our Education & Health Rights
The Nigerian Constitution is clear and explicit, the government is to “provide free compulsory and universal primary education”, continued with free university education. The government is also to provide “adequate medical and health facilities for all persons”. But we all know that these rights will only be won with robust and united action by all the trade...
Nigeria at 65: For Whom Is the Celebration?
By Lawan Musa (Baba Lawan )
As Nigeria marks 65 years of formal independence, the question nobody asks—yet everyone feels—is: Who is this day for? For the political class, the oligarchs, the elites, Independence Day is a spectacle of pageantry, a stage for speeches and pomp. For the millions of ordinary Nigerians — the...
AUTOMATIC MEMBERSHIP OF TRADE UNIONS FOR WORKERS
(Being the paper presented by Femi Falana SAN at the National Webinar on Abuse of Market Dominance and Unfair Labour Practices held by FCCPC, in collaboration with Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos on Monday 15th Sept., 2025) .
INTRODUCTION
A few days ago, the National Union of Petroleum...
DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB SECURITY IN THE PRECISION ELECTRICAL AND RELATED EQUIPMENT SECTOR OF THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY
By
Femi Aborisade
Introduction
I thank the leadership of PERESSA for inviting me as a Special Guest/Speaker at the Association’s 1st quadrennial and 9th national triennial delegates conference.
It is a rare privilege to have the opportunity for exchange of ideas that may...
SOCIALIST LABOUR CALLS FOR MASS SUPPORT OF THE NUPENG STRIKE AGAINST DANGOTE GROUP.
Socialist labour stands in solidarity with the Nupeng Strike against the Dangote Group of Companies. We call on Nigerian workers, students, youths, women and civil society groups to join Nupeng in its fight to stop Dangote Group from reducing its CNG tanker drivers and workers to wage slavery. A Dangote non-unionized cement truck driver injured Ruth Otabor...
In Benue State, the Governor Wears a Collar and Rules with a Fist
By K.K Katsina
After the Aondona Dajoh-led Benue State House of Assembly voted against Mr. Yangien Ornguga's commissioner nomination on the 20th of August, 2025—citing numerous petitions and public disapproval during a plenary in Makurdi—the masses responded with fervent endorsement. This was a pleasant surprise: here was a group of politicians actually listening to...
No Pay Rises for the Rich! – a Decent Minimum Wage for the Rest of Us!!
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission is proposing pay hikes for the president, governors and the country’s lawmakers. This is at the same time that the value of the minimum wage continues to fall and many people are paid even less than this. Any fair society would see a massive reduction in pay for the rich...
Reform of Nigerian Tax Laws
In June, President Tinubu assented to four tax laws. These changes will provide only very minor gains for working peoples. We hope that the reduction in the number of taxes will lead to a reduction in the level of extortion in the informal economy. But after so many years of talking, implementation of the new tax laws...