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NIGERIA : AN INTRACTABLE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CRISIS

Left alone to imperialist/capitalist analysts, Africa and Nigeria’s economy in particular are passing through the best of time. For instance, the Financial Times of London in its November 23, 2011 special edition on Nigeria reports : "African economies have been growing at their fastest pace in generations. For the most part, they resisted the global downturn better than expected. Since 2000, Nigeria’s economy, the second largest in sub-Saharan Africa, has quadrupled in size". The same tune (...)

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Nigeria : Day One of Indefinite Strike

On Monday 9th January, tens of thousands of Nigerians marched through the streets of Lagos in demonstration against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Nigerian government. As a result of this policy, petroleum price has shot up from N65 to between N140 to N200. Cost of food, transport and basic services have soared by several percentage points as the market reacts. Meanwhile salary remains fixated despite equally soaring inflation while the N18, 000 national minimum wage remains unpaid in (...)

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Nigeria : INDEFINITE STRIKE, HOW TO FIGHT TO WIN

INDEFINITE STRIKE : Struggle until Victory Form Action Committees In Workplaces, Communities And Campuses Demand The Public Ownership Of The Oil Sector Under Democratic Control And Management Of Workers And Consumers End The Rule Of The Thieving Elite For A Workers’ And Poor Peoples’ Government The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) welcomes the decision of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to call an indefinite general strike and mass action against (...)

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