CAC TRADE UNION WINS DISMISSAL OF DICTATORIAL REGISTRAR-GENERAL
‘CAC SHALL RISE AGAIN’
A WHISTLE BLOWING ACCOUNT OF THE TENURE OF A.G. ABUBAKAR, THE OUT GONE REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, JANUARY 7TH 2020 - 13TH OCTOBER, 2023.
2. THE TOTALITARIAN CAC
VICTIMS’ ACCOUNT OF THE HUMAN...
Join Socialist Labour if You Are Angry About NLC/TUC’s Failure to Strike
We waited four months for the NLC/TUC to act. And then they called off their promised indefinite general strike for a few crumbs from the Government. You are right to be angry – we can do better than this! We need you to join Socialist Labour so that next time we are strong enough to hold the...
Workers Struggles And The General Strike Of 1963; By Izielen Agbon
“Workers do not strike every day, they cannot do that the way they function in the capitalist economy. The way they have to live by selling their labor power makes that impossible.” — Ernest Mandel
THE PLANNED general strike of October 3, 2023 was called off a few hours before it began. Like most NLC-TUC planned...
Niger: a time of uncertainty
PAUL MARTIAL
The July 26 coup in Niger came as a surprise. No one had seen it coming either inside the country or in the French or American government offices, although they are generally well informed about the situation in African countries. A paradox for a country which has just experienced its fifth coup...
Culture and Liberation
Culture is important for our liberation. The following two articles by supporters of Socialist Labour consider two aspects of our common culture. The first considers the importance of music, especially Reggae and Afrobeat, and their links to African liberation. The second considers the historic loss of artistic skills with the example of the Benin bronzes (many of...
Mobilisation for an Active General Strike is Essential
In the last year, the working-class in Nigeria have suffered a series of major setbacks. It is essential that these defeats are overturned as soon as possible. This requires the NLC and the TUC to make serious preparations towards the indefinite general strike and to ensure that it includes protests and rallies on a daily basis in...
NLC and TUC Need to Change Strategy – lessons from the last decade – Alex Batubo
The strategy of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) over the last decade or so has included extended negotiations, limited strike threats and generally calling off strikes at the last moment. The assumption appears to have been that we have decent governments that only occasionally need reminding to do the right thing. In fact we have corrupt governments that only work to further enrich themselves and their elite friends. They rarely, if ever, actually implement any agreements that they have signed with the trade unions.
WE WON: University of Lagos Students Assert Their Democratic Rights Amidst Adverse Circumstances
To reconvene, kick-start total protests and agitations after 48 hours ultimatum
Yesterday's protest by University of Lagos students against fee hike and underfunding of education is a powerful display of class consciousness and collective action.It was a direct confrontation rejecting the neoliberal siege on public education.We maintain that our struggle is a fight for...
‘A tinderbox waiting to explode’: Niger and neo-colonialism
An interview with a member of Socialist Labour.
It will be working class rank and file soldiers that will bear the brunt of the fighting in any invasion, sent to fight their class brothers in Niger, whilst the ruling elite cheer them on. This is one of the main reasons why we are against...
We Need a Sustained Fight Back Against the High Cost of Living
Workers and the popular masses have suffered a continued massive attack on their living standards. This cannot continue, we have to build a mass popular campaign led by the labour movement to significantly reverse the massive increase in inequality. The alternative is a continued rise in abject poverty and destitution that will lead to increasing numbers of...