ADDRESS BY FIWON GENERAL SECRETARY, COMRADE GBENGA KOMOLAFE ON JUNE 12, DEMOCRACY DAY
INSECURITY AND KIDNAPPING; FIWON CALLS FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION AS NATIONAL SECURITY IMPERATIVE. By allcitynews.ng As Nigeria marks another Democracy Day, the Federation of Informal Workers Organizations of Nigeria (FIWON) is deeply concerned over the escalating wave of insecurity, banditry, and kidnapping across the nation, warning that the current crisis cannot be separated from the structural exclusion and social vulnerability of the vast majority of Nigerian working people. While we at FIWON recognize that June 12 is meant to celebrate the restoration of democracy and the will of the Nigerian people for democratic governance, democracy unfortunately has remained hollow for millions of informal working people and unemployed Nigerians, who live without electricity and affordable fuel to power production and gainful employment, and without the most basic social protection. THE DEMOCRACY DAY PARADOX Whereas Democracy is supposed to deliver dividends to the people—s...