By James Okoro, May 1, 2023, News/Comments
ABUJA-The call for a review of civil servants’ retirement age and years of service in the entire public service to be 65 top parts of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) marking of May 1, Workers’ Day celebration today. The Congress’s National President, Comrade Joe Ajaero in Abuja stated this, even as he wants a general civil servants salaries review , to meet up with other civil servants’ emoluments and those in other segments of the public service.

Ajaero also stressed the need for the extension of years of service to be uniform as done in other public service in most countries:
“We are, therefore, demanding that the age of retirement and length of service in the entire public service, including the civil service, be reviewed upward to 65 years of age and 40 years of service, ” he said.
Ajaero said that the union had, over the years, demanded salary review but had yet to receive Federal Government’s attention.
“It is necessary to recall that we have continued over the years to demand that the salaries of core civil servants be beefed up to narrow the gap between their emoluments and those in other segments of the public service.
“They all possess the same educational qualifications and cognate experience on the job. So why the disparity?” Ajaero queried.
On gratuity payment, he reiterated: “Fellow comrades, we have consistently presented the issue of gratuity payment to the government but nothing has been done in that regard.
“As you are all aware, the concept of gratuity payment to employees is predicated on the fact that those who have laboured for public institutions or private enterprises are entitled to the proverbial golden handshake from their employers.
“Thus, gratuity is a monetary benefit given by an employer to his/her employee at the time of retirement without the worker making any financial contribution whatsoever to the fund,”
“The Pension Act did not abolish gratuity payment and we demand its restoration in many public sectors where it has been stopped, ”
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