The Nigeria Labour Congress, through its National President, Joe Ajaero, has asked for a fresh retirement age for civil servants in the country during the 2023 Workers’ Day celebrations in Abuja.
Ajaero had also called for a general review of core civil servants’ salaries to narrow the gap between other civil servants’ emoluments and those in other segments of the public service, saying the extension of years of service should go around as it was being done in other sectors of the public service in the country.
Responding to this request, The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, said the outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari will not approve the newly proposed 65-year retirement age for Nigerian workers.
He made this known in an interview with PUNCH NEWSPAPER in Abuja.
Keyamo said 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, he’s guessing the new administration will have to deal with that.
