Niger NLC alleges politicization of appointment Perm Secs
As workers mark the 2017 Workers Day, the Nigeria Labour Congress has kicked against the politicization of the appointments of permanent secretaries in the state civil service.
The NLC specifically said that “the appointment of permanent secretaries from outside the service has brought about indiscipline, inefficiency and mediocrity which were alien to the civil service in the past.”
The chairman of the Niger state chapter of the NLC, Mr. Yahaya Idris Ndako, said at a rally of all affiliate unions of the congress in Minna on Monday that government should put a stop to the policy and rather institute “productivity award” in the service to make workers more dedicated to their duties.
Ndako also alerted the administration in the state that “the teaching profession is presently facing serious crisis of brain drain. Many teachers have been leaving the sector for other lucrative jobs thereby creating a large vacuum.”
He therefore charged the state government to as a matter of urgency and in the interest of educational development, recruit more qualified teachers in both primary and secondary schools to address the brain drain syndrome.
The NLC boss also asked the state government to without further delay pay the entitlements of all retired workers saying ” the lack of payment of pensions and gratuities to retired workers has led to the death of many.”
