ON World Press Freedom Day in Nigeria, there was no press statement from the various media groups in the country. There were no rallies, conferences or visitations by the journalists or media groups. When the press releases came, they were late.

GENERAL Andrew Azazi’s speech at the just concluded South-South Economic summit was spot on. Albeit too many analysts and political masquerades have tried to deconstruct the speech into components that suit their selfish political objectives, the keynote of the NSA was clear – that political discontent engendered by the outcome of the 2011 presidential elections, created conducive nesting environment for the escalation of the Boko Haram Jihad.

THE Theme of today’s May Day celebration in Nigeria, “Right to work, Food and Education: Panacea to Insecurity”, would not have come at a better time. But beyond speeches and rallies, there is growing frustration among workers that labour leaders in the country are fast abandoning them to their fate in abuses and victimisation by employers.

IT is May Day. As usual Nigerian workers will join their counterparts worldwide to organize rallies, essentially protest rallies to draw attention to issues of interest to the working class.

JOINT Action Front, JAF, umbrella body for pro-labour civil society groups in the country, has called on Nigerian workers to be in the vanguard of the struggle for a system change as they join their counterparts across the world to mark today May Day celebration, otherwise known as “Workers Day.”