The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is set to meet with President Bola Tinubu to discuss raising the retirement age for government officials to 65 years.
The National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, told The PUNCH on Sunday that the agitation, which began during the government of former President Muhammadu Buhari, will continue.
During the 2023 May Day festivities, the NLC urged Buhari to raise the retirement age for federal officials.
Teachers employed by the government at all levels already benefit from establishing a new retirement age.
When asked if the NLC will meet with Tinubu on the issue on Sunday, the NLC President stated,
“Yes. Only few other establishments, including the core civil service, are now left out.
“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.”
In an interview with Punch’s journalist, labour congress National Treasurer Hakeem Ambali said,
“Yes, we are going to negotiate that, to avert 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.
“So that they (workers) are not pushed to premature death and penury, such window of five years is expected to form a transition period of normalising the scheme.”
cc: Punch Ng
