NLC Minimum Wage Strikes can Easily Win!
Workers in at least five states, and the FCT, are now on the strike over the implementation of the minimum wage. This dispute is already winning, as many more states are now implementing the new minimum wage than was the case in 2019. In addition, the states now have far more money, and so this dispute should...
Prospects for 2025 – If the NLC Fights We All Win!
We have to be honest and say that the prospects for 2025 do not appear bright. They are not nearly as good, for working peoples, as our hopes were for this year. A year ago, we were hoping that the relatively newly elected leadership of the NLC would lead a robust fight over the minimum wage. This...
RE-ENGINEERING NUSDE FOR GROWTH AND EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY
By Femi Aborisade
Introduction
I thank the leadership of the union for inviting me to give a speech on “Re-engineering NUSDE for growth and effective Service Delivery” at the at the 6th Quadrennial (but 13th) National Delegates’ Conference of the Union.
The 1st National Delegates Conference of...
Free All Protesters & Political Prisoners;
We are relieved that the case against the 119 protesters, including many children, who were dragged in front of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, 1st November, has been dismissed. But many more protesters remain in detention, many illegally.
There are the “Abuja 11” whose case was to have been held in the...
Military Juntas are Undermining Human Rights Across West Africa
By Salvador Ousmane
The main claims by the West African military juntas, when they took power in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, was that they would quickly address the security issues in their countries. In each case, they have failed to do so. If anything, the insurgency by Islamic militants is getting worse, especially...
Climate Imperialism in Africa – Kolawole Ibrahim
Book Review by Tina Ndi
Recent floods across northern Nigeria, and indeed across Africa, have yet again reminded us of the increasing dangers of climate change and global heating. Hurricanes in Florida, USA, have also shown that climate change is impacting dreadfully across the world.
But, as Kola argues:
Climate Change – global and local impacts – time for change! (2021)
By Alex Batubo
We are reposting here an article originally written in 2021. The most recent international climate change conference has come and gone. Greenhouse emissions are still increasing and global temperatures this year are already 1.5 degrees more than the pre-industrial era. Floods have again devasted large areas of Nigeria and temperatures, especially...
Unity & Solidarity With Health & University Strikes – together we can defeat Bola T-Pain
In the last week of October, workers in two vital social sectors were on strike against the government’s austerity measures. Health workers, united in JOHESU, and university non-academic staff of NASU and SSANU are fighting against the government’s failure to adequately fund health and education. With robust solidarity from across the labour movement these trade unions can...
We Need to Emphasise Equality, and so Redistribution, Rather than Growth
The globally dominant view is that economic growth reduces poverty. This is the view that is pushed by the IMF and World Bank. It is now being claimed to be implemented by such diverse governments as those of Nigeria, Senegal and Britain. It is also the approach that is adopted by Peter Obi. In each case, the...
The Power of Women by Denis Mukwege
Paul Martial
The presentation of the Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege as "the man who repairs women" is very limiting. Denis Mukwege is first and foremost a feminist activist, a cause to which he devotes his life.
Through his salutary and moving work we share his...