The Nigeria Civil Service Union is a trade union representing workers in the Nigerian Civil Service.
The union was founded in 1978, when the government of Nigeria merged the following trade unions: [1]
- Nigerian Civil Service Union
- Ministry of Defence Civil Employees' Union
- East-Central State Messengers' and Allied Workers' Union
- Government Coastal Agency Workers' Union
- Eastern Nigeria Internal Revenue Staff Association
- Eastern Government Stores Workers' Union
- Co-operative Inspectors' Union of Eastern Nigeria
- Eastern Nigeria Bailiffs' Union
- Association of Federal Produce Officers of Nigeria
- Union of Telephone Operators' Attendants ECS
- Civil Service Technical Workers' Union
- Civil Service Technical Workers' Union of Nigeria
- Treasury Workers' Union of Eastern Nigeria
- South-Eastern State Treasury Staff Association
- North-Central State Civil Service Union
- Northern States Civil Service Union
- North-Eastern State Treasury Staff Union
- Federal Statistics Northern States Workers' Union
- Kano State Junior Civil Servants' Association
- Nigerian Federal Office of Statistics Workers' Union
- South-Eastern State Ministry of Education, Non-Teaching Staff and Allied Workers' Union
- Union of Western Nigeria Co-operative Inspectors
The union was a founding affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress. By 1988, it had 205,397 members, but by 2005, this had fallen to 100,000. [2] It has had a long-running demarcation dispute with the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria. [3]
References
- ^ "Restructuring of trade unions" (PDF). Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette. 8 February 1978. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ LeVan, A. Carl; Ukata, Patrick (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192526324.
- ^ Ahiuma-Young, Victor (24 July 2003). "Nigeria: Civil Service Unions in Membership Tussle". Vanguard. Retrieved 3 January 2021.