Nigeria Civil Service Union Explained

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

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