Since the introduction of Sharia law in the northern states of Nigeria
the plight of Nigerian women has come to the attention of the world. In
particular young women have been condemned to being stoned to death
after being charged of the "crime" of adultery. This is a particularly
barbaric aspect of class society and will only really be eradicated
together with the system that spawns it, when the workers of Nigeria
overthrow capitalism. Below we are publishing a comment on this
situation by a Nigerian Marxist.
We are continuing our series of articles on Nigerian Trade Unions
disputes. Here we make available to our readers articles from our
Nigerian worker correspondents from June 1999. These news items are
taken from the Nigerian Marxist journal, Workers' Alternative.
With this new series of articles on Nigeria we plan to publish over the
next few weeks news items on Nigerian Trade Unions disputes. We have
received a series of articles from our Nigerian worker correspondents
over the last few years and we are now making them available to our
readers. Most of the news items are taken from the Nigerian Marxist
journal, Workers' Alternative. They give a clear feeling of the militant mood of the Nigerian working class.