Nigeria Civil Service Union

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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]

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]

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References

  1. "Restructuring of trade unions" (PDF). Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette. 8 February 1978. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. LeVan, A. Carl; Ukata, Patrick (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   0192526324.
  3. Ahiuma-Young, Victor (24 July 2003). "Nigeria: Civil Service Unions in Membership Tussle". Vanguard. Retrieved 3 January 2021.