No Attacks on the Labour Movement! Condemn the Burning of NLC President’s House!
Socialist Labour condemns in the strongest possible terms the burning of Comrade Joe Ajaero’s House in Lagos at the weekend. The entire building was razed to the ground without a pin salvaged, but thank fully no lives were lost.
Whilst the full might of the DSS and the police are used to personally protect...
Fuel Subsidy Corruption is Centred on the NNPC – Izielen Agbon
Since 2016, the NNPC has been operating a Direct Sale Direct Purchase (DSDP) arrangement. Under this arrangement, NNPC exported crude oil to approximately 16 oil trading companies. In return, the oil trading companies imported refined products (including petrol) of the same value for NNPC. These products were then sold to oil marketers...
CATALOGUE OF LOOTING & BRIGANDAGE IN NIGERIA – THE MAIN SUBSIDIES ARE FOR THE RICH
This article indicates the mass of income that Federal Governments have not bothered to collect. This forms a massive subsidy for the corrupt elite.
Socialist Bulletin June 2023
The June edition of Socialist Bulletin is available for free download. Read and share!
Reforming the trade unions
How Do We Stop Corruption in the Labour Movement?
Alex Batubo and Idris Sulaiman Shanono
Some, so called, comrades distort the meaning of struggle and join trade unionism and activism just to loot the treasury. They illegally enrich themselves from the sweat of defenceless union members and sell their images to...
TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR BAYO ABORISADE ON HIS RETIREMENT
By Biodun Olamosu, Books Farm House & Publishers, Signs & Wonders Shopping Complex, Ibadan.
I am delighted to be part of history in felicitating with Prof Bayo Aborisade on this occasion of his retirement from the Federal University of Technology (FUTA), Akure. He has spent a greater part of his working life here to...
Nigerian Working Class and the Struggle for Decent Pensions
by Ivor Takor
Introduction
There comes a time in a person’s life cycle, when they can no longer be fit for active economic activities, earning regular income through work. It is a period of rest, for those who have planned for it and a period of poverty and destitution for those...
Femi Aborisade Talks on the General Election
The 2023 general election had its strengths and weaknesses. With the use of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation system (BVAS), prominent politicians, including serving and former governors, ministers and commissioners, among others lost in their polling units and states.
How can we stop childbearing being a death sentence? By Tina Ndi
With an estimated 512 deaths per 100,000 live births, Nigeria’s maternal mortality rate is still among the highest in the world.
May Day – Unions and Left Unity to Stop Fuel Price Increases
The proposed removal of the fuel subsidy and resulting further price increases, is one of the most vicious attacks working people have ever faced.