Keyamo Reveals Why Buhari Won’t Approve 65-year Workers’ Retirement Age

Keyamo Reveals Why Buhari Won’t Approve 65-year Workers’ Retirement Age

by Victor Ndubuisi
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President Muhammadu Buhari will not approve the newly proposed 65-year retirement age for workers in Nigeria, according to Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour, Employment, and Productivity.

During the 2023 Workers’ Day celebrations in Abuja, the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, requested a new retirement age for government employees in the nation.

To close the pay disparity between other civil workers and those in other parts of the public service, the NLC chief has also asked for a general review of core government servant compensation.

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He pointed out that the extension of years of service should be distributed equally, as it was in other areas of the nation’s public service.

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“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 had said.

But Keyamo said in a Monday interview with The PUNCH that the incoming administration will push for a rise in service years.

He 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, I guess the new administration will have to deal with that.”

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Newsmen reports that Buhari will on May 29 handover to President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

 

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