NLC and the transformation necessary for staying relevant, By Chom Bagu
Nigeria needs a Developmental Labour Movement that will advocate for a progressive development agenda. Nigeria needs a Developmental Labour Movement that will advocate for a progressive development agenda. With a developmental state and a developmental Labour movement, Nigeria can smoothly cross into the 21
st Century, while engaging in negotiations that are based on well researched positions and using modern tools.
It has been a while since the Nigerian labour movement, particularly the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), bared its fangs (some say broken teeth). Many have given up on the Congress as a bunch of self-serving labour aristocrats making hay while the sun shines. This view is not unconnected to the fact that during the several rounds of oil price increases, the NLC was loud in its silence.
Omolade Adunbi pays tribute to Toye Olorode, scholar and a radical with a cause
“We must practice revolutionary democracy in every aspect of our Party life. Every responsible member must have the courage of his responsibilities, exacting from others a proper respect for his work and properly respecting the work of others. Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories…”
― Amilcar Cabral, Revolution in Guinea: African People’s Struggle
In one of his speeches to comrades during the struggle for the liberation of Guinea Bissau from the clutches of Portuguese colonial exploitation, Amical Cabral admonished comrades and revolutionaries to take their responsibilities seriously, refrain from telling lies, respect all comrades regardless of their age, admit mistakes when one is made and desist from claiming easy victories. All of these characteristics epitomize the li
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