The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had called for review of civil servants’ retirement age and years of service in the entire public service to 65.
The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, has said that the newly proposed 65-year retirement age for Nigerian workers will be determined by the next administration.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had called for review of civil servants’ retirement age and years of service in the entire public service to 65.
NLC President, Jeo Ajaero, who made the call during the 2023 Workers’ Day celebrations in Abuja, had also called for general review of core civil servants’ salaries to narrow the gap in other civil servants’ emoluments and those in other segments of the public service.
He had said that the extension of years of service should go round, as it had been done in other sectors of the public service in the country.
However, Keyamo in a statement on Monday stated that the process to effect that change, if it was accepted by the Federal Government was a process that could not be completed before the end of the tenure of the President Buhari-led administration.
“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.
But Keyamo told PUNCH that an increase in service years was the call of the next administration.
“The process to effect that change to 65 years (if it is accepted by the Federal Government) is a process that cannot be completed before the end of the tenure of Buhari. So, I guess the new administration will have to deal with that,” the minister stated.