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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]

  • 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

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  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.