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FIWON NIGERIA

@fiwonNg

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

Joined September 2020
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Women in Nigeria’s informal economy contribute significantly to household incomes and local economies. Yet, unpaid care work and gaps in essential services such as water, childcare, transport and healthcare limit their trading hours, earnings and economic opportunities. These challenges are compounded when public budgets fail to reflect their needs.
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Coalition demands pension grants, free healthcare for vulnerable Nigerians

Coalition demands pension grants, free healthcare for vulnerable Nigerians

By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Citizens Coalition for Social Protection, CCSP,  has called on the Federal Government to introduce social pensions and grants for vulnerable Nigerians and provide free or...

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It was a bang! Working class unity has become a necessity!
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@BabaAyeSep 27
Join the discussion with @JoeAjaero94024 president @NLCHeadquarters and @GbengaKomolafe_ GS @fiwonNg on workers & Nigeria's independence this evening at 5:00pm. Register now on zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… Unite and Fight, For Workers Rights!
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Baba Aye
@BabaAyeSep 27
Join the discussion with @JoeAjaero94024 president @NLCHeadquarters and @GbengaKomolafe_ GS @fiwonNg on workers & Nigeria's independence this evening at 5:00pm. Register now on zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… Unite and Fight, For Workers Rights! – at Ornex, France
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Coalition demands inclusion of Informal workers, unemployment support in new social protection Policy nigerianpilotnewspapers.com/…
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I co - facilitated a workshop organized by the Federation of Informal Sector Workers of Liberia (FISWOL) with support of the Solidarity Center. The issues are same; evictions, harassment and absence of social protection for workers in the informal economy...
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...grassroots organizing among informal workers gradually gathers steam across Sub Sahara Africa
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🇳🇬 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.
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theconversation.com/informal… '... 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...
Informal workers in Lagos are left to cope with devastating floods alone: why things must change

Informal workers in Lagos are left to cope with devastating floods alone: why things must change

Floods regularly devastate Lagos’s informal workers, but traders and residents have built their own systems to adapt where the state has failed.

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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
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guardian.ng/news/workers-day… “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..."
Workers’ Day: FIWON tasks FG on social protection of informal workforce

Workers’ Day: FIWON tasks FG on social protection of informal workforce

As Nigerian workers join their counterparts across the globe to mark International Workers’ Day, the Federation of Informal

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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) profile pictureGoke@agbajowo22Apr 27
Social Protection is a panacea to insecurity
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Become a member of @fiwonNg and become a landowner.
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... the realities in Nigeria are indeed dismal!
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Global Rights Index 2025 The 10 Worst Countries for Working People Bangladesh🇧🇩 Belarus🇧🇾 Ecuador🇪🇨 Egypt🇪🇬 Eswatini🇸🇿 Myanmar🇲🇲 Nigeria🇳🇬 Philippines🇵🇭 Tunisia🇹🇳 Türkiye🇹🇷 @ituc
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vanguardngr.com/2026/03/pens… Pensions; 93% of Nigeria's workforce uncovered...
Pension: 93% of Nigeria’s workforce uncovered — FIWON

Pension: 93% of Nigeria’s workforce uncovered — FIWON

By Favour Ulebor The Federation of Informal Workers Organizations of Nigeria, FIWON, has raised concern over the lack of pension coverage for millions of Nigerians working outside formal employment,...

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Getting prepared for a mass rally for social protection #inclusivesocialprotection
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Wishing all hard-working mothers, especially those in informal employment, a happy Mother's Day! vanguardngr.com/2026/03/iwd-…
IWD 2026: FIWON seeks expanded social protection for women in informal economy

IWD 2026: FIWON seeks expanded social protection for women in informal economy

By Esther Onyegbula The Federation of Informal Workers Organizations of Nigeria (FIWON) has called on the Federal Government and relevant stakeholders to expand social protection policies for women...

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premiumtimesng.com/regional/…? '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....'
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'Evictions are a destructive force that destroys social cohesion, increases poverty and homelessness, and drives up rates of theft, robbery and gun violence'
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