The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, has disclosed that the outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari, will not approve the newly proposed 65-year retirement age for Nigerian workers.
The minister gave the reason during an interview with the PUNCH in Abuja on Monday, May 22.
Politics Nigeria had earlier reported that the Nigeria Labour Congress, through its National President, Joe Ajaero, 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.
On the demands, Keyamo said the increase in service years will be the call of the next administration.
“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,” the minister declared.
