Nigeria’s senior civil servants are demanding a new minimum wage of three hundred thousand naira, immediate payment of gratuities and the establishment of state police to tackle insecurity affecting workers’ families nationwide.
The demands came at the National Executive Council meeting of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria in Abuja.
Speaking on the theme “From Confrontation to Collaboration,” Senior Advocate of Nigeria Femi Falana argued that the government must treat workers with respect during negotiations to achieve sustainable collaboration.
Nigerian workers are seeking a pay rise as the current seventy-thousand-naira minimum wage loses purchasing power.
This demand and other issues concerning workers’ welfare featured at the National Executive Council meeting of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria in Abuja.
While the union’s president, Shehu Mohammed, insisted on a minimum wage of three hundred thousand naira, human rights lawyer Femi Falana questioned the government’s treatment of workers at the negotiating table.
Beyond demands for fair pay and better welfare, the union acknowledged improvements in pension payments in Katsina, Kano and some federal agencies.
It urged others to follow their example and prioritise retirees’ welfare.
On the apparent stalemate in talks over the proposed concession of King’s College, Lagos, Mohammed said a committee set up by the Minister of Education, with the involvement of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, had submitted its recommendations.
He maintained that workers’ safety must remain the top priority.
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Editor: Ada Ononye
