FIWON NIGERIA

This is the official Twitter handle of the Federation of Informal Workers organization of NIGERIA.

[Progressive International @ProgIntl]

🇳🇬 On Democracy Day, @progintl’s newest member @fiwonNg took to the streets with a warning: poverty, unemployment and exclusion are fuelling Nigeria’s insecurity.

For informal workers — 93% of Nigeria’s workforce — democracy too often means “the freedom to struggle alone.

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

https://t.co/dxQvGmBwtg
'... The 2022-23 floods displaced about another 8,000 residents in Lagos State. Informal settlements and open-air markets were among the hardest-hit areas...

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

@AyowoleSanyaolu Nigerians don't need persuasion to convince them that they are hungry. An hungry woman needs no one to remind her of her hunger. She needs some immediate succor and serious leadership.

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

@Dussyme @Paschalogbu1417 It's an insect called mosquito

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

FIWON members march all over Nigeria on Workers' Day.....it was a march for greater equity through effective and efficient investment in social protection and an end to unending austerity economy

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

https://t.co/Vi4tpCQtAv
“The Federal Government has declared May 1 a public holiday and commended workers for their dedication. But workers do not need platitudes—they need action. They need social protection. They need dignity..."

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

@Its_ereko Well done, Mama. Now, back to the onerous task of boosting indigenous capacities of Nambians for auto centered development

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

Netherlands is closing its prisons like a few other countries. Check it out, all of the countries closing down prisons; Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, etc, have the most advanced social protection systems!

[Goke @agbajowo22]

Social Protection is a panacea to insecurity

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

@thecableng Did OBJ know what was happening in the fronts? Go ask Akinrinade and Isama. The real fighters on the ground!

[Mobolaji Otuyelu @motuyelu]

@The_BeatOven Become a member of @fiwonNg and become a landowner.

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

... the realities in Nigeria are indeed dismal!

[Informal Economy @EconomyInformal]

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@ituc

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

@wode_maya @africaupdates There is no wrong erasing the artificial colonial borders, too, over time.

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

https://t.co/NE7akyQk3k
Pensions; 93% of Nigeria's workforce uncovered...

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

Getting prepared for a mass rally for social protection #inclusivesocialprotection

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

Wishing all hard-working mothers, especially those in informal employment, a happy Mother's Day!
https://t.co/tVkKUs3qcE

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

'Evictions are a destructive force that destroys social cohesion, increases poverty and homelessness, and drives up rates of theft, robbery and gun violence'

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

https://t.co/oefkI7pSOu?
'From 1973 to 2024 there were 91 forced evictions in the city, directly affecting over two million residents. Large markets and commercial centres, schools and clinics were destroyed, compromising access to education and healthcare....'

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

The government might end up forcing people in informal employment keeping their monies under the pillow as it used to be.
Taxation without social-economic inclusion...

[FIWON NIGERIA @fiwonNg]

'Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise has warned that Nigeria’s tax reform could unintentionally criminalise as many as 40 million informal businesses if implemented without careful sequencing and adequate support.'