Bola T-Pain’s Economic Strategy Cannot Win
By Alex Batubo
Bola Tinubu is implementing the standard economic reforms recommended by the IMF and World Bank since the 1980s. These aim to make companies more profitable and to attract foreign investment. The key policies now are removing petrol subsidy, allowing the naira to devalue and to increase taxation, especially VAT. All these...
We Need System Change – Dele Farotimi winning his case may be one of the first steps
Dele's book is a robust exposure of the justice system, but also harsh criticism of the whole of the corrupt governance system in Nigeria. As he says in his book, “the affluent and connected are rarely ever apprehended for their crimes, but the poor are routinely victimized” (xix)We must support Dele in his case against Afe Babalola,...
Tax Bills, 2024 – gifts for the rich!
The three Tax Bills that are currently being considered by the National Assembly are receiving a lot of opposition. This is quite correct, but is for the wrong reasons! Almost all the criticism is by governors and their friends in different states. They are only concerned about the amount of money that they will be able to...
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...