The Nigeria Labour Congress has decided to present their agitation for extension of civil servants’ retirement age to 65 years to Tinubu since Buhari’s regime did not attend to the request.
The National President, of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, said that Labour would not relenting on the agitation, which started under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
NLC had during the 2023 May Day celebrations appealed to Buhari to extend the retirement age for civil servants and the Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, NLCNLC that Buhari, in the twilight of his administration, would not be able to deal with the matter as the process can not be completed before the end of his tenure.
The spokesperson of the NLC reiterated that the demand the increase in 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, is to normalize presently on ground with the Contributory Pension Deduction.
Similarly, the National Treasurer, NLC, Hakeem Ambali, said that the imminent crisis and suffering of our members whose Contributory Pension Deduction were not remitted to their PFAS by a large percentage of labour employers will also be presented so that workers are not pushed to premature death and penury, and as such window of five years is expected to form a transition period of normalising the scheme.
