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Agony, pain, undermine 20 years of democracy, says Aborishade

SEARCH       Newtelegra Published   13 hours ago   on   May 30, 2019 By   TEMITOPE OGUNBANKE   Comrade Femi Aborisade is the founding National Secretary of the National Conscience Party (NCP). He was an active participant in the June 12, 1993 presidential annulment struggle and return of Nigeria to civilian administration on May 29, 1999. In this interview with TEMITOPE OGUNBANKE, he speaks on 20 years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria and the Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC)

The Roots of the Crisis in Nigeria: interview with Femi Aborisade

http://roape.net/2019/05/28/the-roots-of-the-crisis-in-nigeria-interview-with-femi-aborisade/ The Roots of the Crisis in Nigeria: interview with Femi Aborisade Posted at 19:39h in Featured, Interviews by roape1974 In a wide-ranging interview for roape.net Tamás Gerőcs speaks to the Nigerian Marxist Femi Aborisade. From his early days as a labour militant in the 1970s and 1980s, organsing and building socialist and labour organisations, Aborisade discusses the crisis of capitalism in Nigeria today and the struggles against it. by Tamás Gerőcs Tamás Gerőcs: Could you briefly describe your entry point into the labour movement and national politics in Nigeria? I got involved in labour movement activities through my membership of the Marxist Socialist Youth Movement as a student in The Polytechnic, Ibadan in the late 1970s. I later became the Secretary General of the Movement. The Movement’s tradition was to have an orientation towards the working class. Members were always i...