Community tabling and engagement in Olodi-Apapa took place for the first time on Saturday, August 22, following several successful interventions in Ajegunle. Four comrades of the branch departed at 7:30 a.m. to engage, distribute, and sell the Solidarity paper at the popular Coconut Bus-Stop.

Upon arrival, the comrades secured a suitable location and set up the table, displaying copies of the Solidarity paper and distributing hundreds of leaflets highlighting the growing economic hardship, rising cost of living, and the exploitation of working-class communities through the privatisation and poor management of the electricity sector. The team also engaged passersby in conversations about these issues, introducing them to the Solidarity paper and encouraging them to read and support the publication.

The response from members of the public was encouraging. Notably, the first person to purchase a copy of the paper was a person with a disability at Coconut Bus-Stop. This provided an important reminder of how economic hardship affects the most vulnerable sections of society and the importance of taking political and economic issues directly into working-class communities.

By 9:00 a.m., the tabling exercise at Coconut Bus-Stop was concluded. The comrades subsequently proceeded to a community meeting in Ajegunle, where residents were discussing ongoing problems with electricity supply and exploitation. The team joined the meeting and used the opportunity to further intervene in the discussion, distributing additional leaflets and selling copies of the Solidarity paper.

Comrade Tunde Yusuf, Secretary of the Ajegunle People’s Movement (APM), also addressed the meeting. He presented a report on the activities and interventions of the APM in the community so far, highlighting the importance of collective organisation in confronting the problems facing residents. He stressed that only an organised and conscious working-class population can effectively challenge capitalist exploitation and fight for meaningful improvements in living and working conditions.

The engagement generated a positive response, with residents showing interest in the issues raised in the leaflets and the contents of the Solidarity paper. The intervention also provided an opportunity to strengthen existing links with community activists and introduce the paper to a wider audience.

In total, 10 copies of the Solidarity paper were sold during the day’s activities. The intervention demonstrated the importance of taking the paper beyond existing political circles and into communities where workers, traders, youths, and other working-class people are directly experiencing the consequences of economic hardship and exploitation.

The successful first tabling exercise in Olodi-Apapa, alongside the continued intervention in Ajegunle, provides a useful foundation for further community outreach, political discussions, and Solidarity paper sales in the area.