THE LABOUR MOVEMENT AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA [1] By Femi Aborisade Labour Consultant and Attorney-At-Law aborisadefemi@gmail.com ‘It cannot be said often enough, that overall progress remains too slow and too uneven; that too many Africans remain caught in downward spirals of poverty, insecurity and marginalisation; that too few people benefit from the continent’s growth trend and rising geo-strategic importance; that too much of Africa’s enormous resource wealth remains in the hands of narrow elites and, increasingly, foreign investors without being turned into tangible benefits for its people’ Kofi Annan, Chair, Africa Progress Panel (in ‘Foreword’ to “Africa Progress Panel, Jobs Justice and Equity: Seizing opportunities in times of global change, Africa Progress Panel Report, 2012” [2] ) INTRODUCTION