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Organised labour and democratic struggles in Nigeria

This paper examines the role of the Nigeria labour movement in the struggles for democratic restoration in Nigeria. The paper shows that the Nigerian labour is a forerunner of socio-economic and pro-democracy struggles in the country, providing the foundation for efflorescence civil society. The paper shows that the state played a key role in reproducing socio-economic and political inequality and generating, in the process, anti-state, anti-hegemonic activity from trade unions and other associational groups. In response to anti-state activities, the state intervened in the internal politics o…