Civil Servants Table Upward Salary Review Before FG

*Want 65 years retirement age or 40 years in
service

Civil servants across the country have placed before the Federal
Government a strong demand for a general upward review of salary,
as well as other labour related demands to uplift the welfare of
the workers.

The need for a general salary review in the civil service;
upward review of retirement age in the entire public service to 65
years or 40 years of service, and their other requests by the civil
servants are already being processed by the government.

The acting National President, Association of Senior Civil
Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Comrade Tommy Etim Okon, made this
known on Thursday while addressing the media in Lagos.

“The association has remained focused on pursuing the welfare
interest of members. In this connection, the union has tabled the
following labour issues before the Federal Government and they are
being processed,” he said.

These demands, according to the ASCSN, include the need for a
general salary review in the civil service; the need to compute
annual leave of public servants in working days rather than
calendar days; and the need for upward review of retirement age in
the entire public service to 65 years or 40 years of service
whichever comes first.

Their demands also include the restoration of Tenure Policy for
Directors and Permanent Secretaries; incidences of stagnation as a
result of lack of vacancies and need to create vacancies by the
MDAs; and appointment of non-career persons into the civil
service.

The association also demanded payment of gratuity to civil
servants; salary harmonization in the public service; and the
abolition of the dichotomy between HND and BSc holders.

Comrade Okon, who was appointed three months ago by the Central
Working Committee (CWC) of the association and subsequently
ratified by all members of the National Executive Council (NEC) at
a meeting held on March 16, 2021, expressed delight at the progress
being made by the union.

While commending the media for their efforts in preserving trade
unionism ideals and working to sustaining industrial peace and
harmony in the workplace, Comrade Okon said: “I must commend you
for maintaining solidarity with the Association of Senior Civil
Servants of Nigeria, the only union standing to protect the
interest of public servants in Nigeria. I have no doubt whatsoever
that this rapport which spans more than three decades would
continue to be nurtured, nourished, and strengthened in the overall
interest of millions of public service employees.”

*Want 65 years retirement age or 40 years in
service

Civil servants across the country have placed before the Federal
Government a strong demand for a general upward review of salary,
as well as other labour related demands to uplift the welfare of
the workers.

The need for a general salary review in the civil service;
upward review of retirement age in the entire public service to 65
years or 40 years of service, and their other requests by the civil
servants are already being processed by the government.

The acting National President, Association of Senior Civil
Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Comrade Tommy Etim Okon, made this
known on Thursday while addressing the media in Lagos.

“The association has remained focused on pursuing the welfare
interest of members. In this connection, the union has tabled the
following labour issues before the Federal Government and they are
being processed,” he said.

These demands, according to the ASCSN, include the need for a
general salary review in the civil service; the need to compute
annual leave of public servants in working days rather than
calendar days; and the need for upward review of retirement age in
the entire public service to 65 years or 40 years of service
whichever comes first.

Their demands also include the restoration of Tenure Policy for
Directors and Permanent Secretaries; incidences of stagnation as a
result of lack of vacancies and need to create vacancies by the
MDAs; and appointment of non-career persons into the civil
service.

The association also demanded payment of gratuity to civil
servants; salary harmonization in the public service; and the
abolition of the dichotomy between HND and BSc holders.

Comrade Okon, who was appointed three months ago by the Central
Working Committee (CWC) of the association and subsequently
ratified by all members of the National Executive Council (NEC) at
a meeting held on March 16, 2021, expressed delight at the progress
being made by the union.

While commending the media for their efforts in preserving trade
unionism ideals and working to sustaining industrial peace and
harmony in the workplace, Comrade Okon said: “I must commend you
for maintaining solidarity with the Association of Senior Civil
Servants of Nigeria, the only union standing to protect the
interest of public servants in Nigeria. I have no doubt whatsoever
that this rapport which spans more than three decades would
continue to be nurtured, nourished, and strengthened in the overall
interest of millions of public service employees.”